History,
Visciole, an antique variety of wild sour cherry, grew wild on our family farm at Villa Sant'Andrea, in Cortona, Italy, and over the years we have taken the new shoots from wild plants and created a small orchard of these marvelous Slow Food Ark of Taste fruits. On the verge of disappearing, the visciole di Cantiano variety never developed much of a commercial presence as they are fragile, need to be hand-picked, are consumed by flocks of birds the moment they become ripe, and spoil quickly. We think it is the best cherry overall for liqueur making, and so we monitor them closely, and collect them just before the birds descend.
Tasting Notes,
Tasting notes,
Nose: apricot , raspberry, cherry.
Palate: bright red sour cherry, lemony leaves, warm spices with a deep finish , like an iron hand in a velvet glove.
Visciole, an antique variety of wild sour cherry, grew wild on our family farm at Villa Sant'Andrea, in Cortona, Italy, and over the years we have taken the new shoots from wild plants and created a small orchard of these marvelous Slow Food Ark of Taste fruits. On the verge of disappearing, the visciole di Cantiano variety never developed much of a commercial presence as they are fragile, need to be hand-picked, are consumed by flocks of birds the moment they become ripe, and spoil quickly. We think it is the best cherry overall for liqueur making, and so we monitor them closely, and collect them just before the birds descend.
Tasting Notes,
Tasting notes,
Nose: apricot , raspberry, cherry.
Palate: bright red sour cherry, lemony leaves, warm spices with a deep finish , like an iron hand in a velvet glove.
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