Foradori "Fontanasanta" Manzoni Bianco Vigneti delle Dolomiti, 2022

The hill overlooking Trento, with its clayey-limestone soils, welcomes the Manzoni Bianco and matures the grapes in late September. The character of the Fontanasanta vineyards is expressed through this hybrid, born of a mix of Riesling with Pinot Bianco. Its ability to evolve overtime requires patience; Fontanasanta Manzoni Bianco is a wine that really comes into its own at least three years after harvest.

Fermentation and fining: Fermentation on the skins in cement tanks, followed by 7 months of aging in acacia casks.

"The Manzoni Bianco is also exquisite. An esoteric cross of Riesling and Pinot Blanc yields bright and high in acidity with floral mineral notes and a famous ability to age. Foradori gives the wine a little skin contact and ages the wine in acacia barrels. It’s so good even noted natural wine skeptic James Suckling gave this wine 98 points and called it 'maybe the best natural white wine I have ever tasted.'" -JWK, Summer Catalogue 2022