Le Piane "Bianko" 2023

Le Piane "Bianko" 2023This bottle takes us to Alto Piemonte, a wine growing area tucked at the base of the Italian Alps roughly 90 miles northeast of Alba. Today, one of the best known producers in the region Le Piane is owned by Swiss born winemaker Christoph Kunzli. He became enamored with the areas wines during several business trips to Italy and took over one of the few remaining estates in Alto Piemonte in the late 1990s. Luckily for us, he stayed true to many local

Nestled within the esteemed Gigondas appellation in the southern Ardèche region of France

There are few better regions than Muscadet for expressing the quality known as "minerality" that is so often sought after

They are immensely proud of their home

low to the ground to reduce the distance from the leaves to the water in the root systems

The fruit is sourced from a friend's sandy

Sparkling co-ferment of Gamay grapes and apples

Manuel 'Manolo' Valenzuela of Barranco Oscuro is that personified

and it is made with the classic Chablis profile we can't get enough of

while the palate is more focused on berry fruit

The grapes were harvested and fermented spontaneously by parcel in large open-top wood vats and barrels without temperature control

and the additional hype around them has only fueled skepticism

uses a similar technique as the Rosa Marie