000 years to Roman cultivation
The palate is lightly sweet but balanced by bright acidity and a gentle bitterness
spending 18 months on the lees
Serve it cool in a small glass at the end of a big meal
with tropical fruit and orange marmalade balanced by fresh acidity
Bruno Verdi, Sangue di Giuda "Paradiso" Oltrepo Pavese Rosso Dolce, 2025 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties 000 years to Roman cultivationSangue di Giuda, literally The Blood of Judas, is one of Italy's great fun, oddball wines: a lightly sweet, gently fizzy red from the Oltrepo Pavese in Lombardy, and Bruno Verdi makes a benchmark version. His Paradiso bottling comes from a single named vineyard and blends roughly 65% Croatina, 20% Uva Rara and 15% Barbera. Fermentation is stopped by filtration, leaving it with around 90 grams of sugar and a low 8% alcohol, so it's sweet, frothy and