Cantine Matrone Bianco 2020

"The Bianco 2020 from Cantine Matrone is a blend of 80% caprettone, 15% falanghina pompeiana and 5% greco. It has a marvellous golden colour, testament of several days skin contact no doubt. The resulting wine is confident, gutsy and expressive, without being OTT. Its aromas are layered – there’s apricot, bourbon vanilla bean and warm spices – but as with many of the really original Italian white wines, it is the mouthfeel which characterises this charming wine: completely bone dry, rich and defined. I read on the back label “no added sulfites” – but the wine is so assertive you’d never know. The ample tannins give structure to the body, while the sapidity gives shape and elegance. It’s a wine which would call an inattentive drinker to attention and which rewards an attentive drinker with a satisfaction that is hard to come by."