Bottle Shock: India Parry-Williams, shop manager, Cork & Cask
It’s Cristiano Guttarolo – his Violet rosé. It’s made from Primitivo, it’s from right down the south of Italy and it’s fully natural. I was visiting him and it was the first time I had tried anything like that. He is an incredible man. It’s sunny, it’s beautiful and he picks us up in his old, gold VW Beetle, smoking Marlborough Reds out of his mouth. We arrive at this stunning place and he opens this thing and it tastes like oyster shells, oyster juice mixed with like a blackcurrant pickle. I am still unsure if I liked it, but it really got my attention. And if I ever see it on a list – and it has happened a few times, including I think once at Claridge’s – I get it. It’s so rare, he barely ever makes it. I love him, I love his wines and I love that sense of place.
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