Visintini refosco del Peduncolo Rosso 2020

Refosco is pretty obscure - even by Italian standards - and the sub variety refosco del pedunculo rosso even more so. It translates as "red stemmed refosco" and produces a red that just makes it into fuller-bodied, with a combination of savoury tannin and dark red fruit. These vineyards are right at the edge of Italy - you can see Slovenia away to the east, and indeed these lands only officially joined Italy after the Second World War and still have deep ties to Slovenia and northern Croatia.