Villa Giada. Gamba di Pernice Grape _Carmenere The land is a mixture

The land is a mixture of clays and small stones

and legend has it that Gian is strong enough to help the loggers of Carnia move felled trees out of the forest

it tastes extremely lovely and very natural (I don't mean that it tastes like a 'natural' wine

a system developed when full ripeness was unusual and by drying the grapes Valpolicella morphed into a full

hints of pineapple cubes and apricot

Villa Giada. Gamba di Pernice Grape _Carmenere The land is a mixtureVino da Tavola Grape: Gamba di Pernice This is all nutmeg, black pepper, black cherry and sloe; deep, rich and remarkably accessible tannins. 15% Villa Giada Producer Page Gamba di Pernice is one of oldest Piemontese grape varieties, it is named after the vines red stem (leg of the partridge, a French Partridge by the sound of it) and, whilst I understand it being overlooked (it is extremely rare), letting it languish as Vino Rosso right up to 2011