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
Santa Cristina Pinot Grigio 2024 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
Tenuta Guado al Tasso Vermentino Bolgheri DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
Tormaresca Chardonnay Puglia IGT 2023 (1x75cl)
Tormaresca Chardonnay Puglia IGT 2024 (1x75cl)
Tormaresca Pietra Bianca Castel del Monte DOC 2022 (1x75cl)
Tormaresca Pietra Bianca Castel del Monte DOC 2023 (1x75cl)
Zenato Lugana DOC Riserva Sergio Zenato 2021 (1x75cl)
Zenato Pinot Grigio delle Venezie DOC 2024 (Screw Cap) (1x75cl)
SELLA & MOSCA Vermentino di Sardegna DOC 2023 (1x75cl)
Umberto Cesari Liano Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc IGT 2019 (1x75cl)
Mezzacorona Pinot Grigio Trentino DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
Pighin Pinot Grigio Collio DOC 2020 (1x75cl)
Pighin Pinot Grigio Friuli Grave DOC 2020 (1x75cl)
Carpineto Dogajolo Toscano Bianco IGT 2023 (1x75cl)
Carpineto Dogajolo Toscano Bianco IGT 2020 (1x75cl)
Villa Girardi Soave Classico DOC 2020 (1x75cl)
Brovia Roero Arneis DOCG 2014 (1x75cl)
MICHELE CHIARLO / PIEDMONT Gavi DOCG ""Le Marne"" 2022 (1x75cl)
MASI Masianco Pinot Grigio delle Venezie DOC 2024 (1x75cl)
MASI Masianco Pinot Grigio delle Venezie DOC 2014 (1x75cl)
MASI Possessioni Bianco IGT (Garganega, Sauvignon Blanc) 2023 (1x75cl)
RUFFINO Orvieto Classico DOC 375ml (Trebbiano Toscano, Grechetto and white blend) 2020 (1x37.5cl)
CASTELLO BANFI La Pettegola Vermentino 2023 (1x75cl)
CASTELLO BANFI Fontanelle Chardonnay 2022 (1x75cl)
CASTELLO BANFI San Angelo Pinot Grigio 2023 (1x75cl)
CASTELLO BANFI Le Rime 375ml (Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio) 2022 (1x37.5cl)
QUERCIABELLA Batàr Toscana Bianco IGT (Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco) 2021 (1x75cl)
MICHELE CHIARLO Gavi DOCG ""Le Marne"" 375ml 2023 (1x37.5cl)
Rivetto Langhe Nascetta DOC "Vigna Lirano" 2021 (1x75cl)
Schiopetto Pinot Grigio Collio 2022 (1x75cl)
Ca'Marcanda Vistamare 2023 (1x150cl)
Ca'Marcanda Vistamare 2023 (1x75cl)
Gaja Alteni di Brassica 2022 (1x75cl)
Altesino Bianco Toscana 2024 (1x75cl)
Torresella Venezia Pinot Grigio 2023 (1x75cl)
Pio Cesare L' Altro Langhe Doc 2023 (1x75cl)
Ca' del Baio "Luna d'Agosto" Chardonnay Langhe D.O.C. 2023 (1x75cl)
Tornatore Etna Bianco 2023 (1x75cl)
Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia Toscana IGT 2021 (1x75cl)
Ornellaia Bianco IGT Toscana 2021 (1x75cl)
Zyme From Black to White IL BIANCO Veneto IGT 2020 (1x75cl)
Vietti Roero Arneis DOCG 2022 (1x150cl)
Planeta La Segreta Bianco Di Sicilia IGT 2023 (1x75cl)
Masone Mannu Petrizza Vermentino di Gallura DOCG 2023 (1x75cl)
Colterenzio Chardonnay 2018 (1x75cl)
Colterenzio Pinot Grigio 2023 (1x75cl)
Castellari Bergaglio "Fornaci" Gavi di Tassarolo D.O.C.G. 2023 (1x75cl)
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