2020 Castel del Piano 'Lunalies' Vermentino Nero Rosato Frizzante

Region: Lunigiana < Tuscany < Italy Grapes: Vermentino Nero Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic farming; soils are a mix of calcareous, sand and pebble deposits; harvested early and completely fermented in bottle; unfined/unfiltered with no added So2; zero-zero; 11% ABV Winemaker: Andre Ghigliazza & Sabina Ruffaldi  NEW VINTAGE!  Andre Ghigliazza & Sabina Ruffaldi picturesque little “Castle” lies hidden in the valley of the Lunigiana, surrounded by the Massa - Carrara mountains (famed for its marble deposits); this is where Tuscany’s northern border meets the southern tip of Liguria, butting up against the south-western tip of Liguria and the south-western tip of nearby Emilia Romagna. Having escaped the corporate rat race of life in metropolitan Milan, the couple set about resurrecting a centuries old villa in this relatively remote corner of northern Tuscany, in the process inheriting and resurrecting a few small parcels of indigenous vines that grow parallel to th