Italy

Valle d'Itria

Medium

Cork

White

Giovanni Aiello is a one-man metaphor for the rediscovery of the south. Having trained in northern Italy, California and Australia, he has returned home where his robustly local project has seen him restore an old winery shuttered in 1953 to focus on making traditional bush-vine Primitivo and Verdeca. The latter is a Puglian white grape that has often been dismissed as neutral, widely used for simple, fresh whites and as a base for vermouth. But Aiello shows it can be much more. Sourced from a one-hectare vineyard estimated to be 130 years old, a little skin contact has brought out the character of this variety: green olives, lemon verbena and grapefruit with a stony, firm texture allied to resonant freshness from the limestone of the Karst plateau. Hopefully there will be more Verdeca like this in years to come.

Verdeca

Giovanni Aiello, Chakra Essenza Bianco, Valle d'Itria, Puglia, Italy, 2023

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Giovanni Aiello is a one-man metaphor for the rediscovery of the south. Having trained in northern Italy, California and Austral

Giovanni Aiello, Chakra Essenza Bianco, Valle d'Itria, Puglia, Italy, 2023

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