Vino Bianco

Wine description for Vino Bianco by Cirelli

Colour & appearance

Slightly hazy yellow with green reflections – a wine that does not hide behind filtration and makes this immediately apparent in the glass.

Nose

Inviting yeasty notes meet sweet, bright fruit: ripe yellow apples and pears, accompanied by lemon and a hint of grapefruit zest. A bouquet that instantly whets the appetite.

Palate

Juicy and grippy, with fruit, a delicate bitter note and spicy piquancy. The slender 11.0% alcohol keeps everything feather-light – a wine of refreshing directness.

Finish

Dry, fresh and with a finely bitter aftertaste that calls to the dining table rather than the solo glass.

Terroir & origin

The vines are rooted in clay and limestone soils around 250 metres above sea level near Atri in Abruzzo, on the edge of the bizarre, eroded Calanchi slopes. Francesco Cirelli restricts yields to 40–45 quintals per hectare – where the region permits three times as much – and is rewarded with concentration and minerality.

Grape variety & vinification

Pure Trebbiano, spontaneously fermented with wild yeasts, without filtration, fining or enzymes. Cirelli vinifies his white wines in large terracotta amphorae from Impruneta – those very vessels he purchased before he even owned a cellar.

Food recommendations

A natural partner for Spaghetti alle vongole, grilled fennel with lemon, Arancini or a plate of Pecorino with honey. Also a shrewd choice with grilled sardines and simple Pizza bianca.

Special features

The estate farms biodynamically (certified since 2021), with geese patrolling between the rows as natural weed controllers. This Trebbiano demonstrates how much tension and substance the underrated grape variety can develop when yields are radically reduced and cellar intervention is kept to a minimum – an Abruzzo wine that sugar-coats nothing and convinces precisely because of it.