2021 de Fermo ‘Concrete’ Bianco d’Abruzzo, Italy

60% Pecorino/30% Chardonnay/10% other white varieties. From estate vines, the Pecorino planted in the 1970s and the Chard going back to the 1920s (an old clone now found nowhere else). The fruit is harvested earlier than for the single-variety bottlings. A touch of the blend is from other varieties on the estate. The farming is certified-biodynamic and the harvest is manual. The bunches are partly destemmed and partly left in whole clusters; macerated for a few hours; pressed in an old-school vertical pressoir; and fermented in tank spontaneously with native yeasts and no temperature control. The wine is also aged in concrete–hence the very literal name–for 6-7 months and bottled without fining, filtration or sulfur