Edda Bianco 2022

The Edda vintage comes from the vineyards of the San Marzano winery, overlooking the Ionniene Sea. The soils are rich in alluvial soil and limestone. It is composed mainly of Chardonnay with a little Moscatello Selvatico and Fiano . After the harvest at the end of August, the berries are destemmed and undergo cold maceration. They are then pressed and fermented in French oak barrels. The wine remains for 4 months in barrels on fine lees and stirred once a week in order to distribute the lees and bring texture and substance to the wine. This wine reveals intense notes of summer flowers , ripe pear , peach , candied lemon , apricot , mint , chamomile and hazelnut . Barrel aging is subtle and elegantly integrated. On the palate, the wine is creamy, coupled with freshness and saline minerality and followed by a refined finish. A great discovery!

Ah Italy, what a beautiful hedonistic country, people of the Dolce Vita, but what difficulty in understanding its wine organization! The key to understanding the naming system in Italy is to think of it as several small countries rather than a single homogeneous country because each region has its own naming system. Italy can, however, give wine lovers a multitude of wines with varied and unique flavors and styles, as well as bottles filled with surprise and creativity. It unfortunately also produces a large quantity of soulless and characterless wines which are sold under their most useful and commercially renowned name: Pinot Grigio, Chianti, Valpolicella, Lambrusco, Prosecco and many others... But let's talk a little history, viticulture in Italy dates back to ancient times and it originated in Greece. The Etruscans would have planted vines and Greek immigrants would have improved and modified the grape varieties who subsequently called this country "Oenotria": the country of wine. At the height of the Roman Empire, wine held an important place in daily life and certain regions already stood out for the excellence of their product. The Romans also established numerous vineyards in Europe, leaving an indelible testimony to their invasion. Today Italy is the largest wine producer in the world, ahead of France. Italy is divided into three climatic areas. The northern mountains experience a fairly harsh mountain climate. The “middle of the boot” plain is the domain of the continental climate with cold winters and hot, stormy summers. In the "southern part of the Italian boot" the Mediterranean climate reigns with very hot and very dry summers without forgetting the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. In summary, Italy produces wines of great variety thanks to its 200 different grape varieties, many of which originate from their lands. It is a country just as complex as its wines which deserve to be explored!