Tasting Notes: Runcu Brüjau is Ligurian dialect for ‘Scarpata Bruciata,’ literally ‘burned escarpment.’ It’s the name of the vineyard and was traditionally an area that always had wildfires in the past. Luckily now 30 to 50 year old vines of Rossese, Ormeasco, and Granaccia grow to produce this authentic, zippy and fresh red wine.
Estate History: It’s here, in the tiny village of Vendone, 12 kilometers inland and 300 meters above the sea, that Ettore and Natalina Vio planted vines and olive trees amidst the mountain scrub in the 1970s. Their son Claudio and his wife, Maria Grazia, now tend the family farm.
