Italy White
Italian White Wine
Italy is thought of as a red-wine country, and by volume of attention it is. But it grows more white grape varieties than anywhere in Europe, and the last twenty years have quietly turned several of them from bulk commodities into serious wine.
Where to look
North: Alto Adige and Friuli for Pinot Grigio, Pinot Bianco, Sauvignon and Friulano — cool, alpine, precise. Soave and Lugana around Verona for Garganega and Turbiana. Centre: Verdicchio in the Marche, one of the few Italian whites that ages. Vermentino along the Tuscan and Sardinian coast. South: Fiano, Greco di Tufo and Falanghina in Campania — old varieties, volcanic soil, real weight. Sicily adds Grillo and Carricante from Etna.
What to expect
Italian whites are generally dry, moderate in alcohol and built around acidity rather than fruit, which makes them table wines rather than sipping wines. Very few see much oak.
Serving
10–12°C for most; Fiano, Greco and aged Verdicchio a degree or two warmer. Drink the current release except for Verdicchio and Etna Bianco, which reward a few years.
Filters
Jermann Vinnae Ribolla Gialla 2022 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
BAVA Cor de Chasse Gavi di Gavi DOCG 2023 (1x75cl)
SELLA & MOSCA "Monteoro" Vermentino di Gallura Superiore DOCG 2022 (1x75cl)
Mantellassi Scalandrino Vermentino Maremma Toscana IGT 2020 (1x75cl)
Brovia Roero Arneis DOCG 2011 (1x75cl)
RUFFINO Orvieto Classico DOC (Trebbiano Toscano, Grechetto and white blend) 2023 (1x75cl)
MICHELE CHIARLO Gavi DOCG ""Le Marne"" 2022 (1x75cl)
Corte Giara Pinot Grigio 2023 (1x75cl)
Castellari Bergaglio "Rovereto" Vigna Vecchia Gavi di Gavi D.O.C.G. 2018 (1x75cl)
Kante, Sauvignon 2014 (1x75cl)
Tormaresca Pietra Bianca Castel del Monte DOC 2019 (1x75cl)
Schiopetto Pinot Grigio Collio 2021 (1x75cl)
Livio Felluga Sharis Chardonnay-Ribolla Gialla IGT Bianco Ve 2020 (1x75cl)
Cadanza, Delle Venezie, Salvaterra Pinot Grigio 2022 (1x75cl)
Castello Della Sala Estate Nibbio Della Sala 2022 (1x75cl)
Planeta Etna Bianco DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
Schiopetto Mario Schiopetto Friulano M DOC Collio 2021 (1x75cl)
Zenato Soave Classico DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
Barone Montalto - Pinot Grigio BIO 2024 (1x75cl)
Pio Cesare Gavi DOCG 2024 (1x75cl)
Tormaresca Pietra Bianca Castel del Monte DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
MASI Levarie Soave Classico DOC 2025 (1x75cl)
Contratto Millesimato Pas Dose 2021 (1x75cl)
Arancio Chardonnay DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
La Valentina Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Bianco 2022 (1x75cl)
Jermann Vinnae Ribolla Gialla 2024 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
Rocca di Montegrossi Vin Santo del Chianti Classico 2012 (1x37.5cl)
Masi Serego Alighieri Possessioni Bianco 2024 Veneto IGT (1x75cl)
SELLA & MOSCA "La Cala" Vermentino di Sardegna DOC 2023 (1x75cl)
Castello di Perno Langhe Nascetta Gregorio Gitti 2021 (1x75cl)
Zenato Lugana DOC San Benedetto 2024 (1x75cl)
Planeta Passito Di Noto DOC 2024 (1x50cl)
La Magia Vermentino Toscana IGT 2024 (1x75cl)
Aldo Viola Biancoviola Blanco 2017 (1x75cl)
Batasiolo Roero Arneis 2020 (1x75cl)
Belvento Vermentino 2020 (1x75cl)
BIBBIANO, Listrice Toscana Bianco IGT 2019 (1x75cl)
Cadanza - Salvaterra Pinot Grigio 2018 (1x75cl)
Colterenzio Chardonnay 2021 (1x75cl)
Colterenzio Chardonnay 2022 (1x75cl)
Cormons Cormons, Friuli Sauvignon 2020 (1x75cl)
Falesco Tellus Chardonnay 2020 (1x75cl)
Jermann Capo Martino 2019 (1x75cl)
Livio Felluga Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali 2020 (1x75cl)
Luigi Baudana Langhe Bianco Dragon 2022 (1x75cl)
Ornellaia Bianco IGT Toscana 2019 (1x75cl)
Planeta La Segreta Bianco Di Sicilia IGT 2022 (1x75cl)
RIVETTI MASSIMO, Langhe Arneis DOC 2021 (1x75cl)
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