2023 Terrevive ‘Olivia’ Rosato dell’Emilia IGT Fermo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Drink Wines Not Labels Kirsche means “cherry”

Kirsche means “cherry”

100% Mataro  • San Benito County  •  7 barrels produced • Planted in 1923 in a mix of granite and limestone-rich soils • head-trained

minimal press rotations

who has his own project under the Stirm label

He presses the fruit and then clarifies the juice before fermenting it slowly on indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and epoxy tanks

2023 Terrevive ‘Olivia’ Rosato dell’Emilia IGT Fermo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Drink Wines Not Labels Kirsche means “cherry”Gianluca loves to experiment with the fruits of his terroir, and this still ros wine is a project of his produced solely from the Oliva grape, one of the ancient Lambrusco varieties that takes its name from the olive like shape of its berries. Harvested from 70 year old pergola trained vines, the wine sees a light maceration, and it offers an intriguing interplay of ripe berries and a gently bitter textural sapidity on the palate, accompanied by an