Tenuta Grillo, Baccabianca, 2016

£37.20

Skin‑contact Cortese from Monferrato with around 40–60 days on skins and extended ageing, yielding a structured, honeyed and savoury orange wine with fresh acidity and gentle tannin.

dried herbs
honey
dried apricot
almond

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At a glance

Producer: Tenuta Grillo
Region: Piemonte
Appellation: Vino Bianco
Grape: Cortese
Vintage: 2016
Country: Italy
Wine type: Orange
Alcohol: 12.5%
Size: 75.0cl
Farming: Organic — certified

Taste profile

Body: Medium-full
Acidity: High
Tannin: Medium
Sweetness: Dry

What to eat with it

aged hard cheese (e.g., Parmigiano Reggiano)
mushroom risotto
roast chicken
hearty vegetable soup

How to serve it

Serve: Cellar temperature (14–16°C)

Why Cave selected it

One of Piedmont’s reference-point orange wines: long maceration Cortese, naturally fermented and unfiltered, aged for years before release, combining structure with clarity.

About the wine

A complex skin-contact white with nutty, honeyed notes and a layered palate. Extended maceration with native yeasts is followed by ageing in stainless steel and time in bottle, with no filtration.

About Tenuta Grillo

Teunta Grillo is situated on a gentle plateau about 350 meters above sea level. Here Guido Zampaglione has chosen to produce his wines in Piedmont. The production is based on low yields, scrupulous selection of the grapes and long macerations. The maturation takes place mostly in large wood. viticulture and in a vinification that, from harvest to harvest, give the best interpretation of the year, of the grape variety and of the territory.

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