MEET

Meet is the wine through which the Nesci estate demonstrates what happens when the international varieties grown on its biodynamic Palizzi hills are allowed to speak on their own terms — not as approximations of Bordeaux or the Rhône, but as genuine expressions of a Calabrian terroir that has been growing Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah long enough to have developed its own relationship with these grapes.

The Nesci estate cultivates three vine sections of international varieties alongside its two indigenous sections, and its philosophy with each is consistent: organic and biodynamic management, integration into the broader agricultural ecosystem of bergamot and olive, and the individual attention that the estate's human scale allows. The result is grapes that carry the Palizzi terroir's characteristic aromatic intensity — the mineral signature of the sea-facing soil, the aromatic influence of the bergamot plantation — into a wine that may begin with international varieties but arrives at a distinctly Calabrian destination.

Meet is described by the estate as offering unique emotions arising from the blend of their selected and refined Cabernet Sauvignon with minor percentages of Merlot and Syrah — three varieties whose contribution to the blend is different but complementary: the structure and aromatic complexity of Cabernet Sauvignon, the generosity and fruit depth of Merlot, the spice and peppery freshness of Syrah.

The wine has a genuine sense of occasion about it — it is the wine one opens when meeting someone for the first time at the table, or when wanting to offer a wine that will be immediately engaging without requiring prior knowledge of Calabrian indigenous varieties. It is the Nesci estate's most universally communicative wine, and it communicates with considerable style.

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