La Crau's legendary plateau of sun-soaked stones produces wines of remarkable balance and drive
Fermented and aged entirely in neutral oak to reveal the vineyard's transparency
Pinot Meunier is no longer looked down upon
Croatina and for fun a little Sangiovese too
despite being principally known for big
Lucano Amaro Esthers La Crau's legendary plateau ofCreated in 1894 by Cavalier Pasquale Vena in the back of his biscuit factory in Pisticci, a small town in Basilicata, southern Italy. Vena's passion for herbology produced a formula of over 30 botanicalsincluding gentian, cinchona, bitter and sweet orange, mugwort, rhubarb, mint, and licoricemacerated in grape neutral spirit, hot infused, then aged five months in oak casks. In 1900, the House of Savoy officially adopted Amaro Lucano, giving it