Dalia Maris, Piccolo Bianco, 2024 Eastern Europe This is the opposite of

This is the opposite of zippy New Zealand Sauvignon

and cranberry fruit lifted by floral notes

crafted to showcase the best of both varieties

family-run Barolo houses bottled cru wines almost as private statements

It comes from a single old-vine parcel planted in 1973 on iron-rich slate on the slopes of the Kasteelberg in the Swartland

Dalia Maris, Piccolo Bianco, 2024 Eastern Europe This is the opposite ofDalia Maris is the personal project of Giampaolo Venica (yes, of Venica & Venica), named for his grandmother and built around old vine native grapes in the hills of Friuli in northeast Italy. Piccolo Bianco is his second wine, a blend of roughly 80% Friulano and 20% Ribolla Gialla drawn from the same old parcels as his flagship. The vines run 60 years and older, the farming is biodynamic, and the wine is whole cluster pressed, fermented with native