This is what good wine from the Schioppettino grape tastes like

The Schioppettino grape produces light red wines with a raspberry flavor. Slightly peppery, taut and with quite high acidity. It is threatened with extinction, and you won't easily find a bottle of it in the Netherlands.

The Schioppettino grows in the northeast of Italy, in the Friuli region. Winemaker Paolo Rapuzzi only learned of the Schioppettino's existence in the late 1960s and searched old vineyards in the region for the grape. He found it and planted it in his own vineyard.

Since then, several winemakers from Friuli have followed his example, and it has even become an important local grape. So who knows - thanks to an adventurous wine importer - it may end up in the truck to the Netherlands again before long, for example blended with juice from the Refosco, since that gives the best results.