Marco Merli Bianco Umbria 'Mosco' 2019

Marco is a naturalista in Umbria, just outside of Perugia, in a town called the House of the Devil (Casa del Diavolo). He has taken over various high-altitude vineyards around him.  His cellar is filled with re-conditioned small cement tanks – the kinds that farmers would use for home production – except Marco has dozens of them, so he can follow each parcel per tank up to bottling.

The farming is practicing organic & biodynamic, and fermentation is done with ambient yeasts and partial whole-cluster in cement. Matured eight months in old barrels. Aromatic, floral, dry honeycomb. Made for a cheese board with some aged, hard nutty cheese and funky washed rinds