Marco de Bartoli Sicilia Bianco Pietranera 2024 no ups A rare and worthwhile bottle

A rare and worthwhile bottle from a great Pauillac address

Extended aging has developed subtle

Twelve months in mostly neutral French oak keeps the frame tight rather than sweet

From the winemaker: Gold in the Hills is a nod to California's history and the vineyard on which it it grown

The Bruichladdich unpeated Barley opens with aromas of sweet spice

Marco de Bartoli Sicilia Bianco Pietranera 2024 no ups A rare and worthwhile bottleIn 1989, Marco de Bartoli did something nobody on Pantelleria had thought to do: he made Zibibbo dry. The grape had been the island's dessert wine workhorse for centuries, and turning it into a serious dry white was close to heretical. Pietranera means black stone, for the volcanic rubble the vines grow in, and it comes from a plot in the Cufura district planted in 1957 on north facing terraces at 350 meters, where the sun is kinder. It is aromatic