2023 Gianco Cannonou Bianco

We've had our eyes on this fruit since we spied the newly oplanted block of Grenache Blanc at Ricca Terra and there was finally enough for us to have a go in 2023. Lovers of this variety in France we were looking to produce something fresh and elegant but still true toits personality and something a little richer in our range of whites. So after direct pressing chilled fruit and settling it was run to 3yo French hogsheads for full barrel fermentation and aging until September on its lees. We...Read More...

We've had our eyes on this fruit since we spied the newly oplanted block of Grenache Blanc at Ricca Terra and there was finally enough for us to have a go in 2023. Lovers of this variety in France we were looking to produce something fresh and elegant but still true toits personality and something a little richer in our range of whites. So after direct pressing chilled fruit and settling it was run to 3yo French hogsheads for full barrel fermentation and aging until September on its lees.

We've kept the alc/vol at a modest 12.5% but still achieved its ripe banana and yellow tropical fruit expression comlimented by delicate oak spicearomas. Tick ! The palate echos the banana fruit with super ripe yellow peach. The concentrated flavours reach down the back of the throat. And the texture? Silky and slippery; a softness that makes the fruit seem even richer but freshness is always maintained. - Tim Stock, Winemaker. 

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