Pianta Grossa. BiancOne SelectorVino Bianco Grape: Erbaluce 2020 Apricot, apple, peach, lavender and spring flower aromas. Richly textured floral and citrus fruit, with almond and crusty bread flavours, lovely complex salt, sage and vanilla nuance, a beautifully balanced, vibrant wine. 13% 2021 Rosemary oil, herb, yellow rose within a sea wind; deep sage, rosemary, black bread, and flinty apricot fruit. An intense wine with lovely balance and real vigour. 12. 5% Pianta Grossa
the white clays reflects sunlight through the wild grasses
with views through the valley to Florence
All the fruit is destemmed before crushing
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made the more fascinating by the subtle cinnamon and sloe
The wine is aged in large Slavonian oak barrels for 2 years before bottling without filtration and a minimum addition of sulphites
the thinking behind this wine is to create a fresh
The vines are picked by hand
2024 is a great vintage
All the work in the vineyard is manual
however it fell from grace and by the 1960s was all but extinct and were it not for Antonio Mastroberardino it may have disappeared altogether
just an occasional pumping over and manual soaking of the cap
