Il Censo IGT Terre Siciliane Rosso 'Njuro' 2019 Liguria the fermentation is blocked when

the fermentation is blocked when the wine achieves about 5% alcohol and the wine is bottled in late winter or the early spring of the following year

Bottling normally occurs during the period of March through May of the year following harvest

The Malolactic fermentation is blocked

The resulting wine is beautifully textured

and candied almonds

Il Censo IGT Terre Siciliane Rosso 'Njuro' 2019 Liguria the fermentation is blocked whenProduced exclusively from the Perricone grape, also known in local dialect as njuro cane (the black dog); vineyards are farmed organically and grapes are harvested manually, with harvest usually taking place in October; fermentation occurs over two to three weeks with indigenous yeasts and minimal or no use of sulfur and without temperature control; the wine is neither fined nor filtered before bottling. This is a gutsy but elegant wine, not ferocious