2024 UN PO 'Buccia a buccia' Vermentino.

Buccia a buccia
: skin to skin

Only 140 bottles in Aus. 

FARM
Grown and made at Atavica in the Maremma. Tuscany, Italy. 
30-year-old Organic vines. Hand-picked. 
Learn more about Matt's UN PO' story. 

GRAPES
100% Vermentino. Extra skin contact.
Wild fermented. Zero additions. Zero sulphur.
Unfined. Unfiltered. 
V. rare.
13.5% Alc/vol.

FIELD
2024 was a very tricky year in the Montecucco (Atavica's valley) for downey mildew. The Atavica farm Vermentino was excellently managed, but it got hit pretty hard. So, the Vermentino harvest was tiny. The Atavica crew made a small batch of direct-pressed Vermentino from some, and I took the remainder, plus the skins from their direct press, and wild-fermented it all in one 500L open vat. Hand-plunged twice daily. I then pressed off the double-double skin ferment to one 220L barrel, plus one damigiana, where it remained for 8 months to mature. Our first taste in May 2025 blew our minds, so we decided to honour this tiny-batch farm wine and keep it pure, unblended with our Colli Pisani Vermentino. And so it was bottled, completely unadulterated, in June 2025, just 293 bottles. We've brought half of that to Australia (only 140 bottles in total). Incredibly rare: literally and sensorily.

TASTING
Grappa-soaked dried white figs, raisins and honey on the nose. Crisp, clean peaches, brandy, toffee and lemon curd on the palate with lush texture and comforting grip. 

DRINKING NOTE
Beautiful on its own or enjoy with or in place of dessert. Develops over days once opened. Probably weeks.

Label art by Una, Matt and Lentil's 3-year-old daughter.
Sketch made during the 2024 Italian harvest.