BIANCO is an ode to our favourite whites for the season. Whether you prefer them lean, clean and mineral, textured and perfumed, or savoury and spiced, we hope to shine a light on the breadth of diversity to be found from these varieties.
LAMBERT SPIELMANN
Mariage Plus Vieux 2024
Alsace, France
Mostly Sylvaner from eighty year old vines, with a touch of Gewürztraminer from forty year old vines, planted over limestone in Obernai. The former is pressed directly and the latter is destemmed and left to infuse for a fortnight, before being pressed to vats until the following spring. Reflecting the freshness of the vintage, it is a pale, taut and delicate wine which shimmers with minerals, citrus and salt.
Sylvaner, Gewürtztraminer
VALFACCENDA
Roero Arneis 2024
Piedmont, Italy
A blend of two parcels of Arneis in the valley Luca calls home. The first comes from younger vines planted over soft sand and was picked early and given a direct press straight to stainless steel vats. The latter is planted over more compact soils, picked a little later and spends ten days in contact with the skins before being pressed off to old oak. They spend around nine months in these vessels before blending. It is a wine of real balance, the fruit and flowers tempered by pleasant acidity and that textbook salty finish.
Arneis
BARRACO
Biancammare 2023
Sicily, Italy
Grillo from a picturesque vineyard Nino planted right by the Mediterranean almost two decades ago. The grapes were picked early, fermented on the skins for a day, then pressed off to vats for a short rest. The result is a salty, briny white wine that makes so much sense alongside crudo. Or as Nino puts it, “il mare nel bicchiere” — the sea in the glass.
Grillo