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.
ANAÏS FANTI
Vina Loca 2024
Alsace, France
Auxerrois from two parcels of fifty year old vines planted over alluvial and granitic soils. The grapes were destemmed and the wine fermented on the skins for two days before being pressed to vats for a year of rest. The result is a pale, light and fragrant wine that offers refreshing notes of smoke, pith, minerals and salt.
Auxerrois
YANNICK MECKERT
Spicy 2025
Alsace, France
This fascinating blend is made mostly of Riesling from old vines planted over blue schist on the steep slopes of Schieferberg. From both the 2023 and 2024 harvests, the grapes were pressed directly to Alsatian foudres for ageing, before being blended with small amounts of Muscat and Gewürztraminer from last year’s harvest, which were each macerated for a week as whole bunches. The result offers the depth and finesse one would expect from a noble variety grown in a great terroir and vinified à l’ancienne, with the energy and perfume of the region’s aromatic grapes. In short, it is everything we love about Alsace.
Riesling, Muscat, Gewürztraminer
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