Pinot Bianco 2020 DOC Collio

The Varvaglione Winery in Italy is a four-generation family business that has been making wine since 1921, exactly 100 years ago. Since its foundation, it has been constantly evolving, keeping in mind the values that are important to the family. Tradition, experience, state-of-the-art cellar techniques and the love of wine are the basis for the production of high quality wines.

Varvaglione’s Pinot Bianco wine is made from 100% Pinot Bianco, also known as white Burgundy grapes, from Collio, one of the world’s most exceptional white wine regions, with protected values. It is the most northeastern corner of Italy, close to the Slovenian border. Grape growing is thriving here. A succession of sunny hills, slopes and terraces. The warm currents of the Adriatic Sea and the surrounding hills protect the vines from cold winds and excessive rainfall, ensuring hot but not stifling summers and mild winters. Its soil is unique, with layers of marl and sandstone, which provide mineral and saline elements for the wines.

The vines are carefully selected and processed with the aim of preserving the flavours and aromas. The grapes undergo a short cold maceration (12 hours). Maceration is the winemaking process where the phenolic substances of the grapes – tannins, colouring and flavouring compounds – are washed out of the skins, seeds and stems of the grapes into must. The juice is then extracted using a soft press and clarified using a static cold technique. This improves the quality of the must and later of the wine. Fermentation is carried out for 3 months in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeasts, and finally bottled for at least 3 more months, allowing for an elegant, complex, structured wine.

The 2020 vintage Pinot Bianco is a big and full-bodied dry white wine with a pale yellow colour. Both on the palate and the nose, it is refined, elegant and balanced, standing out for its intense perfumed-floral and slightly tropical fruit notes. It shows the mineral notes typical of the terroir after bottle ageing. Gives a round wine with a nice acidic backbone

An excellent accompaniment to light to moderately heavy dishes. We recommend it primarily with roast and grilled chicken, white fish, lobster and oysters, but it also pairs well with salmon and trout. As for cheeses, they make a great accompaniment to a friendly, chatty get-together with aged Brie, for example. It’s also a good accompaniment to Caesar salad, and we recommend it with vanilla desserts.

Alcohol content: 13,5%