Copertino Riserva DOC 2016 750ml Natural the juice rests on its

the juice rests on its lees for a minimum of two months — long enough to add a silky mid-palate texture without weighing the wine down

its neighbor in the Yard

picking early in the season to preserve acidity and mineral tension before the summer heat can soften them

built on a mash bill of 70% corn

nine-plus months on lees

Copertino Riserva DOC 2016 750ml Natural the juice rests on itsITALY : PUGLIA : COPERTINO SUSTAINABLE : Negroamaro FULL BODIED, BLACKBERRY, DRIED CHERRY, LEATHER, MEDITERRANEAN HERB, UNOAKED Cupertinum is Copertino DOC's 90 year old cooperative 300 growers farming the same flat Salento plain that has been planted to vines since the 1500s. The cooperative built its reputation by doing what most Italian cooperatives didn't: holding back its best parcels for an estate bottled Riserva and releasing it only when the