Primo Bianco: “ First white”
New Vintage just arrived, February 2014: tasting notes for the 2011 vintage will follow shortly
Following the undoubted success of the Primo Rosso in 2010 I decided it would be a good idea to import it’s sister. So here it is!
Primo Bianco means “ First white”. This is Greg Graziano’s complex blend of six different grapes! Six! Wow, I said to myself before I tried it for the first time, that must me a difficult job blending six grapes! He’s done a very good job which means he’s a very clever winemaker!
Mr Whirly says
“It’s a very complex wine, quite herbaceous with a touch of fennel and dill on the nose. Great concentraion. I recently tasted this with Tom and Lisa Lewis at the lovely Monachyle Mhor with a vegetarian risotto with fennel and other strong flavours and it was quite a special match.”
Winemakers notes:
Winemaking: We hand-harvested the grapes at an average 23.5 degrees brix through the months of September and October, 2009. The grapes were crushed, pressed, cold settled and then racked into neutral French Burgundy oak barrels. All of the lots were 100% barrel-fermented and “sur-lie” aged for 5 months with no malolactic fermentation.
Winemaker Comments: This is a blend of 6 different varietals: Tocai Friulano, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Arneis, Pinot Grigio and Cortese. The grapes are from hillside vineyards in the Redwood and Ukiah Valleys. The wine is rich and intensely fruity with appealing aromas and flavours of spicy melon, ruby red grapefruit, anise, and mineral. The wine is nicely balanced by crisp acidity and a long, lingering finish.
Alcohol: 14.0%
