Italian White Wines
Italy offers a very wide range of white grape varieties, many only grown within the country.
Arguably the nation’s best whites come, unsurprisingly, from the cooler north, from Piedmont in the west to Alto Adige in the north-east. Some of these are international varieties like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, but there’s Cortese, the grape of Gavi, the Italians have claimed Pinot Gris (Pinot Grigio) as their own, and there are also widespread plantings in the north-east of Pinot Blanc (Bianco), plus Gewurztraminer.
The workhorse grape of central Italy is Trebbiano. It’s now clear (from Jancis Robinson’s monumental Wine Grapes tome) that there are various distinct grapes sold as Trebbiano. The most widely planted in Tuscany and Umbria is known as Trebbiano Toscano: it’s the same as Ugni Blanc and as such crisp but neutral. Wines labelled as Vernaccia are likewise made from several different varieties - but superior is Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
Here at SVS we prefer to focus on specific grapes grown in pockets within Italy, for example: the excellent white grapes - Falanghina, Greco di Tufo and Fiano - of the Campania east of Naples; or Grechetto in Umbria; Pecorino in the Marche; and Grillo in Sicily.
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Offida is the town near the estate below Cossignano; Pecorino the best known white grape of the...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO623
GrapePecorino
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The Pecorino grape is an ancient grape of the southern Marche, grown pretty much exclusively...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO624
GrapePecorino
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There is an old tradition of making wine using skin contact in the Marche. This is from...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO924
GrapePecorino
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XV on the label as the 15th harvest of this top, multi award-winning Verdicchio. This 2022...
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RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodePAG422
GrapeVerdicchio
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100% Verdicchio. Seductively open perfume of lime and lemon balm. Citrus freshness, but some...
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RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
CodePAG124
GrapeVerdicchio
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From select parcels, with some vines over 40 years old. Floral and stone fruit notes. Terrific...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodePAG324
GrapeVerdicchio
The top white at Fiorano, from Pecorino picked late for full ripeness and fermented using...
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RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO822
GrapePecorino
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An unusual and serious white from a fantastic organic estate in Le Marche. 100% Percorino...
OriginItaly
RegionMarche
ColourWhite
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
CodeFIO722
GrapePecorino
