2018 Garganuda Valpolicella

Region: Valpolicella < Veneto < Italy             Grapes: Corvina, Rondinella           Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic + certified biodynamic farming; white volcanic mineral soils; aged in large oak casks then bottled unfined/unfiltered with 20ppm So2; 11.5% ABV; 291 cases Winemaker: Stefano Menti NEW VINTAGE ALERT!  2018 of the BEST Valpolicella we've ever had is in the house! It’s a story we hear often: the son and great-grandson of winemakers, Stefano Menti returns home to the family vineyard to make natural wines, on his own terms. Growing up he was riding tractors through the vineyard and helping dad with harvest, then left to study and work abroad for years.  When dad summoned him back to help the failing business, Stefano agreed, but on one condition: no more of the conventional farming BS used by his father since the 70’s.  He went home, got rid of all the chemicals and returned to the hands-off methods used by his great grandfather. “The wine starts from the f