Bruno Verdi, Sangue di Giuda "Paradiso" Oltrepo Pavese Rosso Dolce, 2025 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties Serve it cool in a

Serve it cool in a small glass at the end of a big meal

with tropical fruit and orange marmalade balanced by fresh acidity

and Produttori del Barbaresco's single-cru Riservas from that year are stuff of cellar legend

or just settling into a cozy evening with a glass of something bold and classic

The palate is lightly sweet but balanced by bright acidity and a gentle bitterness

Bruno Verdi, Sangue di Giuda "Paradiso" Oltrepo Pavese Rosso Dolce, 2025 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties Serve it cool in aSangue di Giuda, literally The Blood of Judas, is one of Italy's great fun, oddball wines: a lightly sweet, gently fizzy red from the Oltrepo Pavese in Lombardy, and Bruno Verdi makes a benchmark version. His Paradiso bottling comes from a single named vineyard and blends roughly 65% Croatina, 20% Uva Rara and 15% Barbera. Fermentation is stopped by filtration, leaving it with around 90 grams of sugar and a low 8% alcohol, so it's sweet, frothy and