Croci 'Valtolla' Bianco 2021

Croci 'Valtolla' Bianco 2021Press 4 White August 2023 Direct Press Selection Massimiliano Croci has only been at the helm of his family's estate since 1999 but in those years he has made Croci into one of the most important names in natural wine, helping to guide others who also wanted to turn back the clock on many of the traditions that were being lost to in a homogenous sea of modernization and standardization that began in the 1980s. Using modern methods like charmat and

unassuming

It's one thing to express a terroir or an appellation

quite literally from the ground up

the biggest inland lake in Europe

Martin and Anna Arndorfer both come from a long line of winemakers in the Kamptal and Wachau region of Austria

I polished this off with a nice roast chicken and some carrots

The Bianco is a co-fermentation of the three white grapes she grows - Malvasia

The Bi-Naume project was started when she had devastating loss due to frost in 2016

Glou-glou but with more complexity

000+ feet above sea level

the thinnest tannins

This wine smells exactly like gingersnap cookies