La Viranda Libertario Rosso - 100% Brachetto; 13,5% abv; c.26€; Piemonte
The scent is sweet and attractive: all flowers and strawberries - so far seems like the sweet, sparkling Brachetto I've had - but it also has a deep, savoury earthiness that is very attractive and makes it feel quite a bit more "serious" than the sweet and sparkling kind. It has proper bite on the palate, some from tannin but mostly from the high acidity. To me there is enough fruit to balance it but it might be a bit much for those not so tolerant of acidity. Glorious, sweet aromas and such astringency do seem at odds with each other, as if the scent and palate are two entirely different wines. I prefer a more seamless whole but it was still a fun wine to try. Buy again? If it were a tenner less I would quite often. It's frankly a bit steep at 26€. I also like a bit wilder character from my "natural" wines as this seemed pretty conventional in all other ways than the label.