2023 IDDA Bianco Sicilia DOP
$ 140.00 AUD
An exceptional white from legendary producer Gaja using Carricante grown in the volcanic soils of Sicily's Mount Etna. Gentle skin contact with 80% fermented in tank, 20% in barrel of which is a combination of 1000 ltr seasoned French oak and 5000ltr Austrian Stockinger barrels. Part of the wine goes through malolactic. The total elevage is 8 months. Each plot is aged for 6 months separately, then blended and bottled 2 months later.
Region - Tuscany
Type - White
Year - 2022
Winery - Best of Italy
Grape - Carricante
Volume - Standard - 750ml
About the wine
Tasting notes
Aromatically complex and intensely flavoured with lean stonefruit, preserved lemon, fennel, poached pear and nutty spices, deepened by phenolic complexity and a seam of salty and rocky minerality. A truly Gorgeous wine!
Wine descriptors
Captivating and Complex, Elegant and Fine, For the Cellar, Lean and Crisp, Something Special, Vibrant and Exciting
Fruit aromas & flavour
Apples and Pear, Citrus, Stonefruit
Other aromas & flavour
Earth, Florals, Minerality, Nuttiness, Spices
Food pairings
Pork
Cheese
Pizza
Fish
Red Meat
Pasta
BBQ
Vegetables
Poultry
Shellfish
Oysters
Spicy Foods
Cured Meats
Desserts
Expert review
The 2023 Bianco demands attention with a beguiling bouquet that mixes crushed rocks, sesame seeds and curry leaves with nectarines and lemon zest. This opens with a pretty inner sweetness contrasted by masses of salty minerals and zesty acidity as ripe orchard fruits cascade throughout. The 2023 tapers off dramatically, long and spicy. A sour citrus tinge forces the mouth to salivate as hints of candied lime and a tart Granny Smith apple concentration slowly fade. In a word, fantastic!
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