Trentino Manzoni Bianco Maso Furli 2017

Trentino Manzoni Bianco Maso Furli, Big, bold hedonistic white wine, full of flavour, depth, body and all round umpf! Marco Zanoni is one of the nice guys of artisan wine production (well to fair, most of them are nice!), good friends with Eugenio Rosi and Alessandro Fanti who make up 3 of the group forming the Dolomitici wine producing association. They all make superb wines with passion and care in every drop of earthy, savoury juice. Marco’s whites are very moreish and always satisfying. His Manzoni is a big boy (along with a 15.5% Traminer!!) and it is not to be tackled as an aperitif on a summer lunchtime. All deep stone fruits, apricot, lychee, notes of exotic herbs. This is meatballs made with speck and and a hearty Brodo style wine or maybe even some Fois Gras! A bottle will easily do 4 people as well so great value for the exceptional quality.

Marco's wines are very easy to understand, clean, full bodied with lovely balancing acidity and expressive fruit just kissed with the right amount of oak. His production is tiny, approx 5000 bottles a year of each Cuvee, a true artisan of the Trentino.