2016 La Mesma Metodo Classico Shiso is the common name

Shiso is the common name for the Asian culinary herb

An elegant wine

and minella bianco yield a wine that dramatically and transparently expresses the extreme Etna terroir

raising their own livestock

The merest flicker of reduction precedes distant perfumes of ripe pear

2016 La Mesma Metodo Classico Shiso is the common nameLa Mesma is the rising star of the Gavi and is both owned and operated by the Rosina sisters, Paola, Francesca and Anna. Their Metodo Classico is wonderfully fresh and pleasantly substantial. Fresh and dried citrus and white flowers abound, closing with a moreish amaretto bitterness. A great mid range sparkling that shines as an aperitif.