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Baccabianca - 2008

Tenuta Grillo

4.4 / 5.0

Region
Italy » Vino
Type
white still, dry
Vintage
2008
Grapes
Cortese
Alcohol
12
Sugar
unknown
Price
unknown
Cellar
not available
Tenuta Grillo Baccabianca 2008

Baccabianca is a unique 100% Cortese skin-contact wine. It comes from vines that are 40 and 15 years old. It undergoes 60 days of skin contact with native yeasts, spontaneous fermentation, 12 months of ageing in steel tanks, and 5 years in bottles. Around 6000 bottles are produced annually.

Ratings

4.4 / 5.0750 ml@Tenuta Grillo by Vasyl Velykanskiy · Tenuta Grillo by Vasyl Velykanskiy

Wow. A serious, sophisticated, and non-vulgar skin-contact wine. Notes of apricot jam, dried herbs, dried apricot, cherry plum, and nuts, with some cognac-like hints. But what stands out is how balanced and seamless it is, while still maintaining intensity—tannins are powerful, but mature and integrated. Quaffable.

Wine #2 on Tenuta Grillo by Vasyl Velykanskiy event.