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NATURAL WINES BY L'ACINO
L'Acino was founded in 2006 by Dino Briglio and his two childhood friends in San Marco Argentano, Calabria, on the foothills of the Pollino mountains, and Dino has run it himself since 2016. Few people make natural wine this far south in Italy. The estate farms 10 hectares and leases 5 more, at roughly 400 to 650 metres. Soils are sandy, some rich in iron, over rock, and some old vines are still on their own roots.
The focus is on Calabrian grapes such as Magliocco, Mantonico, Guarnaccia, Pecorello and Malvasia. Fermentations run on native yeasts, mostly in stainless steel, with a small dose of sulphur at bottling. Try Chora Rosso, built on Magliocco and made for pizza, or Giramondo, a skin-contact Malvasia. There is also Agata!, a sweet wine.
