2020 Azienda Agricola Serragghia (Gabrio Bini) Zibibbo Bianco

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 90 points

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  12/19/2022 - grapenomad wrote: 92 Points

  Always a pleasure having Bini at the table. Hazy amber in the glass. Stunning aromas of passionfruit, orange peel, apricot, honeysuckle and iris on the nose. There is a hint of mouse here, but not that bad to ruin the whole wine like it did for forceberry. Palate is clean with a zippy acidity leaning towards slight VA but never going totally into that territory and low abv. Glou glou orange wine that will impress everyone at the table.

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  5/30/2022 - forceberry wrote: 51 Points

  100% biodynamically farmed Zibibbo (Muscat) from 50-yo vineyards in Pantelleria. Fermented spontaneously, macerated for three weeks with the skins, aged for 9-12 months in Spanish terracotta tinajas buried in earth, bottled unfined, unfiltered and without any added sulfites. 12% alcohol.
  
  Quite hazy - even slightly cloudy - pale yellow color. Very fragrant nose with perfumed notes of roses and wild flowers, some zesty notes of orange essential oil, a little bit of unclean nuttiness suggesting mousiness, light musky Muscat nuances and a stinky hint of sweaty gym gear left for too long in a bag. The wine is full-bodied, concentrated and quite viscous on the palate with quite pronounced floral notes typical of Muscat complemented by dull and unpleasant flavors of rancid nuts and mousy Weetabix character, some acetic notes of VA, a little bit of honeyed richness, light lifted nuances of medicinal ether and a hint of ripe grapey fruit. The medium acidity keeps the wine somewhat in balance, but doesn't really lend any freshness to the wine. The finish is horribly mousy with overwhelming THP flavors of sesame seeds and stale bread, some vinegary acetic character, light ethery notes of VA, a little bit of grainy mousiness and a hint of bruised apple.
  
  Oh my god what a wretched wine! If we hadn't had that absolutely disgusting 2020 Kollektiv Peternell Grüi in this tasting, I would've said this is not only one of the mousiest wines I've tasted, but actually the mousiest wine I've tasted. But that Kollektiv Peternell wine had the honor of being even more mousy than this wine, so this wine managed to avoid that dubious distinction. Nevertheless, it's remarkable how normally mousy wines are quite enjoyable and can be even pretty clean until you swallow the wine, when the mousiness suddenly appears - conversely both this and that Kollektiv Peternell wine were so incredibly mousy that you could actually tell from the nose that this wine is going to be mousy and you really didn't have to wait until the aftertaste for the confirmation, as the mousy flavors of THP jumped at you almost as soon as you took the first sip! That's really something. I don't know if this was an off bottle or if this is actually the style the wine is supposed to be, but at the price this wine sells, I'm really not willing to buy any bottles to see what might be the case. At 65-70€ this wine was horrible value and I can't fathom why anyone would be willing to pay the prices they are asking today (90-150€)!

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  9/17/2021 - melvinyeowq Likes this wine:

  Some serious whites: Perhaps the first natural wine that I get. Very distinctive wine, I hated this at first by itself as the natural wine aromas such as lychees, passion fruit and orange were rather overbearing for me. But with food the wine really blossomed, the flavours and tannins of the wine married well with the Asian food that we had. Not a typical wine for sure but as a beverage it's excellent, was finished in no time.

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