Avignonesi DaDi Bianco Toscana 2024

Avignonesi makes DaDi Bianco at its biodynamic estate in Montepulciano, southern Tuscany, under the direction of Virginie Saverys. The wine blends Orpicchio, an old local grape, with Vermentino, Grechetto and Trebbiano grown on the estate's clay and sand soils. Farming follows biodynamic principles, with the aim of balance in the vineyard and living soils. After picking, the wine spends four months in clay amphorae. Fermenting and resting in unlined clay allows slow contact with oxygen and a little grip from the skins while adding no oak flavour, so the fruit and the texture of the grapes come through clearly. It pours a bright straw yellow and shows citrus, green apple, fennel and a faint herbal edge, with a chalky, slightly saline quality on the palate. Gentle phenolic grip gives the wine shape, and the finish is dry and savoury. This is a food white with character rather than an aperitif sipper. Serve it at 10 to 12 degrees, and give it a little air.