The recent history of wine, say the last 50 years or so, has been characterized by more wines coming from more places, made of more grapes and in more styles than ever before.

These bottles break rosé stereotypes with richer textures, savory notes, and styles far from the typical light and fruity pour.

Compared to scent and taste, sight is the sense people pay the least attention to during a wine tasting. Yet the appearance of wine, with its endless palette of shades, provides essential information.

To make a red wine the juice and skins are macerated together for days and sometimes weeks to extract colour and tannins. This can happen before, during and after fermentation.

Although this wine is made entirely from nebbiolo, it has a DOC designation. Aged for 24 months in oak, this “baby barolo” but offers approachable cherry flavors in a soft package.