Antoniolo Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG 2024 Premium ($80+)

Antoniolo Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG 2024 Premium ($80+)This ultra vibrant white dances out of the blocks. Lively wild herbs mix with candied orange and a sense of pure, breathy lightness. The wine is energetic, gliding along the palate with chamomile lift and a lovely light layer of apricot fruit that gently settles on the tongue. Great fresh wine for fans of loire whites and singing, herbal freshness. We have long wanted to get our hands on this tiny volume, allocation only, expression of Erbaluce from

structure and high-flying aromatics

distinctly firm and packed with blood orange and a pleasant bitterness

deeply pure wine of pristine dark fruit

Barrel fermentation is followed by 40% of the fruit spending 6 months in large oak

lightness and crunch

‘gera’ means ‘stony ground’

menthol and flint

Cool red and black fruits

not staves/chips

Fruit purity is perfect as always and energy

with a core of saline minerals and brisk acids to balance

It is quiet and delicious white wine