Podere Casaccia Canaiolo 2021

100% Canaiolo – one of the few mono-varietal bottlings to be found in the region – from old clones, planted over clay, silt and sand. Post-fermentation it sees batonnage sur lies for 6 months in oak and then is moved to steel until bottling. Achingly soft, bright and lifted, the wine reels with high-toned red fruit and endless layers of violets, both dried and fresh (seriously, this thing is purple flowers galore!). There’s an intriguing vibrance here, a raw-ness, almost like an electrical current running through the wine. The wine is taught and intensely aromatic and virtually free of any of the ‘funk show’ one might traditionally associate with zero-added-SO2-wine. A triumph.