This singular red wine highlights Touriga Franca, which is widely planted in northern and central Portugal but rarely bottled on its own. On calcareous, west-facing slopes of the Arneiro vineyard, twenty kilometers north of the River Tagus as it opens as it opens out to the Atlantic, the Franca family tend two hectares of this underrated but increasingly important varietal organically. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tank (80%) and third-pass 350L French casks and its elevage likewise continues until bottling, resulting in a wine that is supple and charming, with notes of raspberry, blackcurrant and pomegranate; graphite, violet and clove. Delightful on its own, it is a versatile complement to a wide array of dishes and can be enjoyed thru 2031. Full details

Produced from a single-hectare plot of Nerello Mascalese grown at high altitude on the region's famed terre brune soils, this wine was fermented with native yeasts and aged in stainless steel for two years prior to bottling. It received an additional three years of bottle aging prior to release. Elegant and savory, it gives compelling new expression to Sicily’s most celebrated red grape, with notes of black cherry, raspberry, sweet earth and spices, underscored by a haunting mineral savor. Enjoy thru 2040. Full details

Produced from a single-hectare plot of Nerello Mascalese grown at high altitude on the region's famed terre brune soils, this wine was fermented with native yeasts and aged in stainless steel for two years prior to bottling. It received an additional three years of bottle aging prior to release. Elegant and savory, it gives compelling new expression to Sicily’s most celebrated red grape, with notes of black cherry, raspberry, sweet earth and spices, underscored by a haunting mineral savor. Enjoy thru 2040. Full details

This wine is produced from a single-hectare plot of Perricone, one of Italy's rarest grape varieties, found only in limited quantities in northwestern Italy, from Palermo to Marsala. Aromatic, elegant and exuberant, with notes of black currant, blood orange, violet and sage, it was fermented with native yeasts and aged for two years prior to bottling. It received an additional three years of bottle aging prior to release. A benchmark expression, this wine confirms Guccione as one of Perricone’s foremost interpreters and champions of Perricone and can be enjoy thru 2040. Full details

Produced from contiguous, single-vineyard plots of Trebbiano, Catarratto Lucido, Nerello Mascalese and Perricone grown at high altitude, the grapes were co-fermented with native yeasts and the resulting wine aged in stainless steel for two years prior to bottling. It received an additional two years of bottle aging prior to release. Elegant and savory, this wine is in the tradition of Italian cerasuoli—rostato wines that in fact appear to be light red—and gives compelling expression to the terroir of Contrada Cerasa, with notes of tart cherry, raspberry, sweet earth and spices, underscored by a haunting mineral savor. Age worthy, it can be enjoyed thru 2035. Full details

1ères soifs (premières soifs) means ‘first thirsts’. This ‘vin de soif’ is 100% organic, made with grapes hand-harvested by the Bourrel family on their old-vine Carginan parcel, Les Flamands. Grown at altitude on the far western flank of the Agly Valley in Roussillon, the combination of warm days and cool nights give the wine its fresh, bright fruit and exuberant character, while its rocky schist soils lend depth and complexity. Full details

1ères soifs (premières soifs) means ‘first thirsts’. This ‘vin de soif’ is 100% organic, made with grapes hand-harvested by the Bourrel family on their old-vine Carginan parcel, Les Flamands. Grown at altitude on the far western flank of the Agly Valley in Roussillon, the combination of warm days and cool nights give the wine its fresh, bright fruit and exuberant character, while its rocky schist soils lend depth and complexity. Full details