2002 Mario Schiopetto Bianco

The 2002 Mario Schiopetto is the wine the children dedicated to their father, floral, spicy, and lightly touched with notes of sage and sweet peppers, very expansive in is aromatic impact, creamy in texture, subtle and vibrant in its lengthy flow across the palate. Mario Schiopetto is no longer with us, but the problems of health which plagued his last years had the effect of bringing his children into an active role in the firm at a young age. The wines, in any case, had already begun to change – Schiopetto was the man who brought cold fermentation techniques to Italy, and the wines he made had a purity of varietal expressiveness that greatly influenced his peers. But the wines now are given a notably longer contact with their lees, and the use of oak – casks, not barrels, just as in Alsace – is now standard cellar practice as well. Importer: Winebow, Hohokus, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620