2021 Ribolla Gialla

Full bottle 1,343 g. Vinified in amphora on skins. Deep gold with a very slight cloudiness. Not much on the nose but the texture is fabulous – like oolong tea when you pour the last, cooled dregs off the unfolded tea leaves and there is a soft purr of bitterness and tannin and 'leafness' and leaf spice. It is a little rounded but no real fruit – more like the edges and outers and inners of fruit: melon peel, papaya pips, orange pip, quince skin, grapefruit pith. A wine that owns the amber space without apology but also without aggression. (TC)