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Wonderfully mineral, green tinged and spiked with wild herbs like lemon balm, fresh peas from the pod, bruised herbs, warm hay with medium body and fresh acidity. The name Tresche is a reference to the complex love affairs in the court of the Medici that are the basis of the birth of Villa Papiano in the distant 1400s. The label is inspired by one of the most famous paintings in Romagna and portrays a young girl engaged in crushing grapes. 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If this was from France, Spain, Portugal, California or South Africa, I'd still be raving about it. I put it right up there at the top of any white wine blend in the world.  It is not only wonderful wine, it's surely one of the best value wines out there. It makes you think it's going to be a good mineral experience on the palate, and it is, but then you start notice the apple, lemon, and hint of high quality butter, and a touch of toasted almonds. It's got plenty of body, but its tautly textured, with a nice waxy, juicy, grippy finish. Superb! It's hard to stop drinking this. It's also only 12% alc. which is a big tick. 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It's a vintage that's deep and concentrated, that will be long lived, yet the wine is smooth with charm and easy tannins with plenty of stuffing and complexity that's already showing well that makes it fantastic for drinking now. It's a top, top wine.  It's been aged barriques for 24 months and there's a nice touch of oak but very subtle. Super impressive. You will love drinking this now. It's not unlike top Californians, but better than so many of those, and if it was a Californian it would be well, well over a £100 a bottle and it's easily comparable to the quality level of Bordeaux in the £50 to £70 price range, yet this is £39 a bottle. Only 100 cases made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of a new breed of Bordeaux producer that breaks the mould of the famous Bordeaux chateaux. 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This wine is now 100% Grenache from Piekenierskloof, a high lying ridge with some of the most fabulous old vine Grenache in South Africa. You can tell in this wine - it's hauntingly beautiful, with oh so pretty aromatics and delicate flavours, but certainly not short on flavour. Think of the Garnachas from Gredos, and dial down the tannins a little. Redcurrant coulis and raspberry ripple swirls across the palate with bruised herbs, gentle spice, soft leather, freesias, and a silken, seamless palate with just the right amount of crunch. As Pieter says, \"it was the most beautiful Grenache we could find.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe tale behind the name BLANKbottle is that when Pieter was starting out, he made a small parcel of Shiraz and was left with a few unlabelled cases. One day, a woman wanted to buy a wine – “Anything but Shiraz,” she told him. 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Owner and winemaker Riccardo Baldi tends 12 hectares of vines around the town of Staffolo, growing at 400 to 550 meters through all-organic, verging on biodynamic practices. These are primarily clay soils with a high percentage of calcium carbonate, which Baldi translates beautifully into the finished wines. The best part is that no matter how enjoyable these wines are upon release, they get even better with time. There are no slouches in this portfolio.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVigneron Riccardo Baldi is a rising star, according to Decanter magazine. \u003cspan\u003eLocated in the rolling hills of Staffolo in the north of the Marche region, La Staffa is an organic winery in the heart of the Verdicchio dei Castelli de Jesi appellation. 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