2021 Ca' La Bionda 'Bianco del Casal'

A grand Cru Burgundian-style white from old vine Garganega and Trebbiano, all farmed organically. All free-run juice, fermented with native yeasts in 228 litre oak barrels after which it remains on its fine lees for 10 months to age. A beguiling blend of crushed oyster shells smoke give way to apricot and sesame. Silky textural fruits are met by saline minerals and savory, exotic spices. Green apple and lemon oil notes linger on and on. This is an extremely complex wine with notable mineral character, complexity and length. Ca’ La Bionda’s Alessandro Castellani worked as a winemaker in the cellars at Chateau Margaux, Isole e Olena, and a “who’s who” of top European estates before returning to oversee his family’s small certified organic farm in Valpolicella.