2022 Antonella Lombardo Greco di Bianco

This wine displays a bright pale yellow color with golden highlights. It offers varietal aromas of yellow flowers, jasmine, and citrus notes, with apricot character. The palate exhibits a Mediterranean profile with saline and savory qualities, presenting an enveloping texture that finishes bone dry with notable length. The wine demonstrates a balanced, tropical character with a pleasant, persistent finish.
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Specs

Type: White
Grapes: Greco Bianco
Winemaker: Emiliano Falsini
Vintage: 2022

Geography

Country: Italy
Region: Calabria
Sub-region: Bianco
Vineyard: Vineyards near Bianco (Ionian coast of Calabria)
 

Farming

Cultivated without chemical herbicides or synthetic products; only natural green manure with legumes and grasses is used. Vines trained with double Guyot system at a density of 5000 plants/ha. Use of indigenous varieties with careful, attentive vineyard work respecting the region's long winemaking history.
 

Harvest

Grapes selected and harvested during the coolest hours, destemmed, followed by 36-hour cold pellicular maceration with skins left in contact for almost a day in the press, then gently pressed.
 

Fermentation

Clarified must ferments in stainless steel at 16°C using indigenous yeasts and a pied de cuve.
 

Aging

Aged on noble lees in stainless steel for 8 months, with bottling taking place in the spring following the vintage.