Podere Cellario Langhe Bianco Acacia 2024 Region:Piedmont Battistelle’s grapes are aged in

Battistelle’s grapes are aged in steel tanks for six months

the wine merchant Ricardo Tiberio happened upon a plot of 60 year old Trebbiano vines that had gone essentially wild

a touch of cinnamon

A nose of salt and oregano

from Sauvignon Blanc – ever-present here and thought to have originated just a couple miles up-stream – to this sturdy

Podere Cellario Langhe Bianco Acacia 2024 Region:Piedmont Battistelle’s grapes are aged inThe Cellario Acacia Bianco was aged in Acacia barrels, as the name implies, but thats not the coolest thing about it. Its a blend of Timorasso (80%) and Rosesse Bianco (20%). The first is a grape that came very close to extinction before it was rescued by the Paolo Massa and a couple other dedicated growers. The second is a grape that came so close to extinction that for several generations it was thought to have gotten all the way to extinction.