Jacopo Stigliano, Buriana Riserva

A wonderful shade of gold in the glass, this displays a beautiful purity of fruit, wonderful density and gentle oxidative notes of salt, nuts and spice.

Grapes: Over a dozen white varietes

Place: Emilia Romagna, Italy

ABV: 12.5%

Colour: White

Vintage: 2019

PRODUCER PROFILE

Jacopo farms around three hectares of ancient vineyards in Valsamoggia, a series of hills between Bologna and Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Originally from the province of Bologna, wine has been everything to Jacopo since a young age and after decades travelling the world he returned to Emilia in 2018. Seeking a return to his roots, upon consulting older growers in the region, he set about discovering and restoring abandoned old vineyards in the hope of bringing energy to the territory and shining a light on the work of the vignaioli of old.  

Lined with trees, the vines are up to one hundred years of age and grow amongst woods and orchards, occasionally right up in the canopy. Harking back to a tradition of Italian agriculture celebrated in another age, they are home to over twenty varieties, making for a kind of open air library of grapes. Planted on hillsides between two hundred and three hundred metres above sea level, the soils are a mix of clay and limestone and littered with stones, lending the wines a pronounced minerality.  

Jacopo’s work in the vineyards is focused on retaining the incredible diversity he has been blessed with. He does everything by hand and does not work the soil at all, trying not to interfere with these complex ecosystems. He believes that diversity brings richness and complexity, with each variety adding harmony to the final blend.

All grapes are harvested, fermented and aged together, paying respect to the Italian tradition of the field blend and in the cantina his work is simple and precise. Believing that wine is made in the vineyard, Jacopo bottles his wines unfiltered, with nothing added at any stage.

His complex, nourishing wines offer fascinating expressions of vineyards which are truly unique.