2021 I Pastini "Rampone" Minutolo Valle d'Itria

This Minutolo is unlike any other. If you have tried the grape, you probably know it for it’s lychee, tropical profile. I Pastini offers more of a restrained style, less ripe, and surprisingly bright acid. Expect whiffs of green pineapple, maybe some lychee. Who would have thought Puglia could pump out such bright acid, low alcohol grapes?! a hidden limestone gem and pretty high elevation (for Puglia’s standards).

I Pàstini is a small, family-run winery in the Valle d’Itria in eastern central Puglia. Founded by Gianni Carparelli and his father Donato, they grow their grapes on land their ancestors worked: a beautiful limestone plateau overlooking the Adriatic Sea that is co-planted to ancient, (multi-millennia old), olive groves. They are certified organic and use native yeasts in the cellars.