2016 Antoine Arena Bianco Gentile

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  7/18/2020 - forceberry wrote: 87 Points

  100% Bianco Gentile from a vineyard planted in 1997. Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, aged on the lees in concrete tanks. Bottled unfiltered with minimal sulfites. Labeled as Vin de France, since Bianco Gentile (or Biancu Gentile) is a local, almost extinct variety not allowed in the Corsican appellations. 13% alcohol. Tasted half blind.
  
  Quite youthful, pale yellow-green color. Characterful and slightly woolly nose with aromas of wildhoney, some funky diacetyl notes, a little bit of smoke, light woolly notes of lanolin and a hint of hay. Not particularly expressive. The wine is ripe, somewhat sweet-toned and quite full-bodied on the palate with flavors of hay, some salty notes of oceanic air, light diacetyl tones, a little bit of woolly lanolin, fruity hints of key lime and mealy golden apple and a nutty touch of chopped almond. The wine is medium-to-moderately high in acidity, with a gentle and somewhat voluminous overall feel without any sense of heaviness. The finish is dry, quite long and somewhat saline with very little fruit in the aftertaste. Flavors of some wool, a little bit of hay, light notes of mealy golden apple and a hint of spicy wildhoney.
  
  An interesting and characterful white with quite obvious sense of ripeness - as is expected from a Corsican white - but at the same time coming across as pretty balanced due to the well-proportioned acidity and lack of obvious fruit flavors. Nevertheless, I think this wine offers more academic curiosity than is a truly rewarding white wine on its own. Enjoyable, but nothing truly thrilling. Perhaps a bit pricey for the quality at approx. 30€.

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