Mario Schiopetto Rivarossa Rosso IGT 2018

One of the oldest wineries in this far northeast part of Italy (past Venice and tucked near the Dolomites), Mario Schiopetto makes delicious, fresh whites and massively overdelivering cabernet/merlot/franc blends, which we are thrilled to offer to you today at this fantastic price. If this was hailing from Tuscany, you’d be paying 2 to 3 times the price, easily!

The ‘18 Rivarossa is a blockbuster, packed with black cherries, black plums, bright sweet red fruit, cigar box and sweet tobacco leaf, with silky, warming tannins and finishing with a whiff of mocha and spices...absolutely rocking delicious! Aged 15 months in large used oak, with an extra year in bottle before release, we picked up this parcel a few months back from our connection in Italy and it has just hit the warehouse.

What else can we say...? DON’T MISS! What a treat!!

PAIRING IDEAS: PIZZA. There’s so much good pizza to play with for this wonderful red. Try rosemary ham, or chorizo, or maitake mushrooms, or burrata cheese…whatever you’re feeling!

MUSIC SUGGESTIONS: For my friends in Louisiana, crank up “Callin’ Baton Rouge” by Garth Brooks - country lover or not, it’s a good one!