Possa Rossese 2019 natural wine bottle
Possa, natural wine producer in Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
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Possa Rossese 2019

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Tasting notes

This is a macerated white with a gritty character, marine notes, and a slight tannic grip alongside freshness and a bouquet of aromatic herbs and citrus. The palate carries salinity and a warmth tempered by citrus and Mediterranean tones. It reads as a white grape treated like a red, keeping high acidity through extended skin contact. More info

  • Organic
  • Low Sulfites
BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Lemon PeelGingerThymeSalt
Dry/Sweet: Dry
Wine Type: Orange Wine
Wine Style: Medium Body
Grapes: Rossese Bianco
Farming: Organic
Vintage: 2019
Alcohol: 13.5%
Country: Italy
Region: Liguria
Appellation: Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC
Bottle Size: 750ml
Sugar Level: Zero Added Sugar

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Important information

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

Important Compliance Requirements

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Re-shipping a Package

If a package is returned to us after three failed delivery attempts, we can only re-ship the wine upon payment of a re-shipping fee, to be determined based on the shipping address and number of bottles. Shipping wine is extremely expensive. We are sorry about this, but we have no other choice. Please make sure there's always someone at the address you enter as your shipping address.

If you'd like to receive a refund for a package that was returned to us after FedEx made three delivery attempts, we can do that but we must keep a $20 refund fee; FedEx charges us a lot of money for returns, unfortunately, I can't stress this enough.

Re-routing a Package

If you'd like to reroute a package after it's been shipped, we can do so for a $20 re-routing fee. We cannot re-route a package across state borders. For any change of address, please contact us as soon as possible, ideally within 1-2 days from placing the order or we cannot guarantee we'll be able to reroute or change your order's shipping address.

Canceling an Order

If you'd like to cancel an order after it's been shipped, we can do so upon payment of a small cancellation fee – the amount depends on the size of the order. Carriers charge us a lot of money to recall a package en-route.

Heat/Frost damage

We are not responsible for heat- or frost-related issues. We offer ice packs upon request, at a cost, but even so, we can't be held liable if it's 104 where you are and corks pop. Please let us know if you think that there could be heat-related issues. If we don't hear anything from you regarding weather issues before an order is shipped, or if you don't request a hold due to the weather, we are not responsible for heat/frost damage.

Placed an order. What next?

1. You will receive an order confirmation email with your order summary.*

2. As soon as your order ships from the warehouse, usually within 2-3 business days, this applies to all shipping rates, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with your tracking information. 2DAY shipping refers to shipping time; we still need 2-3 business days to prepare an order. We need to pick and pack, QA, add printed collateral, and palletize the orders.

3. Please track your package using the tracking service.

4. The carrier will attempt delivery a maximum of 3 times. After 3 delivery attempts, your package will be sent back to our warehouse.**

*Please ensure your email address is correct; otherwise, you will not receive the order and shipping confirmation emails.

**If delivery is attempted 3 times without success, or if you fail to retrieve your package from the carrier depot by the stated deadline, the shipping fee will not be refunded to the customer.

Returns Policy

If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact us at (424) 414-2040 or via e-mail at hello@primalwine.com between 9 am and 5 pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Sunday, we would like to understand and try to solve your concerns. We can offer refunds only as store credit.

Producer profile

Possa

Azienda Agricola Possa was founded in 2004 in Riomaggiore by Samuele Heydi Bonanini, who was born and raised in the village and began working the vines as a teenager. For years he sold his grapes to the local cooperative before bottling under his own label to revive varieties and techniques that had nearly vanished. The estate holds around 5 hectares spread across many small parcels on steep terraces held by dry stone walls, with a main vineyard along the path linking Possaitara and Canneto extending over about 2.5 hectares from around 150 metres. He also tends a small plot on the island of Palmaria off Porto Venere, reached by boat.

Bonanini farms without synthetic chemicals from the outset, following organic principles, and has recovered numerous indigenous varieties including Bosco, Albarola, Rossese Bianco, Vermentino, Bonamico and Canaiolo, counted at up to 19 traditional grapes. Vines are often very old and rooted on sandstone rubble, worked entirely by hand because of the steep gradients, with the monorail the only machine used in the field. The Rossese Bianco for this wine grows in a plot of roughly 3,000 square metres in Riomaggiore, with young vines around ten years old on average and planting density reaching up to 6,000 vines per hectare.

In the cellar fermentations run spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, often with skin maceration of varying length. Bonanini also works acacia, chestnut and cherry wood barrels alongside stainless steel, larch and amphora. His wines are made without fining or filtration and with very little, often zero, sulfur. He also keeps bees and cultivates lemon trees on the property.

Wine region

Liguria, Italy

The Cinque Terre sits on the coast of eastern Liguria in the province of La Spezia, a rugged stretch shaped over millions of years by tectonic activity and erosion into steep slopes above the Mediterranean. Vineyards are worked on narrow terraces held by dry stone walls, a labor called heroic viticulture because machines cannot reach the plots and much of the work is done by hand. Soils range from sandy and sandy-clay near the sea, offering drainage, to stonier limestone-rich ground further inland. Sea winds carry salts onto the vines and are credited with the wines' minerality. The winds also limit vine height, so plants are often trained no more than about 50 centimetres from the ground.

The Cinque Terre DOC was granted in 1973 and covers Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Monterosso al Mare and further small communities in La Spezia. The white is built mainly on Bosco, with Albarola and Vermentino, and until the 1980s Rossese Bianco was also a base grape of the appellation. Separate vinification of grapes from certain areas yields the Coste wines, including Costa de Sera of Riomaggiore, Costa de Campu and Costa da Pose. The dried-grape passito Sciacchetrà is made from the same varieties. Azienda Agricola Possa works within this appellation from vineyards above Riomaggiore, bottling a single-variety Rossese Bianco outside the DOC blend rules.

Frequently Asked Questions

Important information about wine, shipping, and delivery.

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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