This is the first time I’ve ever tried the ‘Lacrima’ variety, and grows in Velenois’s own vineyards in the coastal municipality of Ancona in Italy’s Marche region. The bottle is a cute, stumpy shape that I love. Then the smell of roses, violets and cranberries and pomegranate all cascade into the palate and smash into tangy layers of damson plum. It’s unique and fresh and perfumed and pretty darn fabulous.
