2024 Olek Bondonio La Berchialla Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy Marie de Louvoy this "Bianco" is part of

this "Bianco" is part of a newer line of wines from Silvio Messana--featuring his own rather than Montesecondo's name on the differently styled labels--created to allow for some experimentation and expansion beyond the core estate wines

It is vinified according to our "Zen" method

All of the Fiano on Guido's property comes from one 7 hectare vineyard in Summonte

The fruit is destemmed and fermented in a combination of used 500 and 1200l barrels

A passionate third-generation winemaker

2024 Olek Bondonio La Berchialla Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy Marie de Louvoy this "Bianco" is part ofOrganic, some biodynamic practices. 100% Barbera from 40 45 year old vines in the Altavilla vineyard, a prized vineyard in which many of the other icons in the region have Nebbiolo holdings, high in the hills above town of Alba. Fermented in steel tanks with a month on the skins, very lightly pressed in a basket press, then completes malolactic fermentation in steel. Afterward, the wine is moved by gravity into 1600L botti for 8 10 months. Unfined,