Marco Barba Barbabianca 2020 75cl

Tasting Note: Crisp and full of energy, Barbabianca balances the driving acidity of fresh lemon and lime with fleshier fruit characters. There’s red apple and pear, and a touch of elderflower floral notes – essential summer drinking.

Producer: I plead with you, read this with an Italian lethario accent, it is verging on a cheap romatic novel! "Marco "Barba" has an affinity with farming and nature. After finishing his studies, he moved to Jura to work as a shepherd and farmer, inspired by biodynamic agriculture and the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. He decided to move back to his home town of Lonigo, in the Veneto region, and apply his newfound knowledge to producing wines, working at Stefano Menti's winery. He began producing wine from several vineyards he managed on behalf of some elderly widows in his native town, and with the help of his friends - who he terms 'the Barbaboyz', started producing his own wines, gradually changing the agriculture of the vineyards to align with his philosophy. The Marcobarba wines are made with a purists' approach: farmed responsibly and with minimal additions: "wines simply made with grapes" he says. The wines are quite unique as Marco combines traditional grapes with unidentified local varieties in the blends, which help express the mineral rich soils of the area."

Country: Italy | Region: Veneto | Alcohol: 11% | Grapes: Garganega | Vegan | Vegetarian | Biodynamic | Organic