Claudio Vio Riviera Ligure Pigato 2024 Cab/Merlot/Marzemino/Vespaiolo The estate is owned by

The estate is owned by cousins Adi and Hein Badenhorst

along with a few other wine pioneers

Silky and buttery textures appear with a little bit of water

This muscular take on a Valpolicella has notes of brandied cherries

Claudio Vio Riviera Ligure Pigato 2024 Cab/Merlot/Marzemino/Vespaiolo The estate is owned byPracticing organic agriculture. 100% Pigato, native yeast fermentation in stainless steel. This is old school, high alititude (300 meters) Pigato from the hills of Vedone above Albenga. A steep and curvy ride up the hillside, and you arrive perched between sea and mountains. The sun sets there on the sporadic outcroppings of mountain scrub, olive trees and, of course, vines. If you were a giant, skipping regions from Piemonte to Liguria, it'd be a