Colle Petruccio Toscana Bianco Stralunato 2022 columbia valley complex amber - -or orange

complex amber - -or orange - wine

or invented “one off cuvees” to use what they could salvage

Dried leaves and fresh tilled black soil

with lightly salty mineral panache

Released a full year after most Willamette wineries have already put out their extra special reserve wines

Colle Petruccio Toscana Bianco Stralunato 2022 columbia valley complex amber - -or orangeThe generous Tuscan sun meets the salty winds of the Tyrrhenian Sea in this full bodied white, grown a quick 20 minute drive from the shore on some particularly rocky soils in Maremma. Vermentino, that sea faring grape that permeates the vineyards of this quarter of the Mediterranean, plays the largest part. Small helpings of Trebbiano and Malvasia add their weight and fruity charm to the wine, and winemaker Sandro Ruffo tries to stay largely out of