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Piero Selvaggio is famous for his wines — his cellar has been rated the best in America by Wine Spectator. Selvaggio brought Marco Scapagnini to introduce Domodimonti, a boutique winery from the tiny Italian region of Le Marche making its Texas debut.
Selvaggio is a legendary connoiseur of Italian wine, and said he was attracted to the brand in part because the story of the founder felt similar to his own. Both young Italian immigrants, Selvaggio found success at 26 in the restaurant industry, while the wine founder Dr. Francesco Bellini moved to Canada and developed the first anti-HIV compound drug ever sold.
Bellini returned to Le Marche after selling his pharmaceutical business and bought the winery, enlisting Carlo Ferrini, one of the world's top winemakers, to develop a wine that he could drink without an adverse reaction. The result is a half-dozen Domodimonti varietals, harvested using organic, sustainable methods and prepared using no acid adjustment, no added sugars, minimal sulfites and no other additives, what they call "natural" wines.
The result is said to be a wine that not only tastes great but won't give you a hangover. I particularly enjoyed the crisp sweetness of the passerino and the smooth, rich complexity of a Montepulciano/merlot blend humbly titled Il Messia — the messiah. I can only vouch for the no-hangover claim with my own limited experience, but after several glasses with dinner I woke up with a surprisingly clear head.
If this is the future of Italian food and wine, bring it on.
Via Mariano Pallottini
