VALLI-UNITE NV Bianco (Piedmont, Italy)

100% Cortese. The grapes are from 20+ year old vineyards that have never seen chemicals. The wine is wild fermented on the skins for 3 days and aged all in steel, then lightly filtered and bottled with minimal sulfur. The skin contact gives a hint of tea-like tannins, but this is not a classic 'orange' and is indeed more a bianco. Beautiful and light with tropical notes, crushed apple on the finish.