Jermann Vintage Tunina 2017

This is really beautiful with so much mango, pineapple and lemon character. Hints of honeysuckle, too. Full body, intense dried fruit and vibrant acidity. Great Italian white blend.

This white blend enjoys one of the most popular and heartfelt followings in the varied and beautiful world of vino Italiano. The 2016 Vintage Tunina is a blend of 25% Chardonnay, 25% Sauvignon Blanc, 22% Ribolla Gialla, 23% Malvasia and 5% Picolit. Despite the complexity of the blend, each variety shows its distinct personality with varying degrees of intensity. For example, there is no mistaking the radiant fragrances of the Sauvignon Blanc and the floral layers of the Malvasia. The Chardonnay gives the wine its textual fiber and core weight. The two indigenous grapes, Ribolla Gialla and Picolit, add unmistakable territory-specific personality with lush Mediterranean fruits. Fermentation is kicked off with indigenous yeast in stainless steel. Once 5% or 6% alcohol is achieved, one-quarter of the must is moved to Slavonian oak casks, where it completes fermentation. The wine then rests in oak for 11 months.

One of Italy’s most iconic white wines, this radiant blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Ribolla Gialla and Malvasia opens with aromas of spring wildflower, white and yellow stone fruit and sun-warmed hay. Vibrant and boasting tension and elegance, the linear, delicious palate doles out ripe apricot, creamy white peach and juicy grapefruit before a white-almond and saline close.

Elegant and pure with notes of citrus fruits and a hint of struck match and a flash of mineral. Rounded and creamy with an unexpected lemon pith zip to the palate, sprinkled with rock dust.

There's drive to this linear, medium-bodied white, with mouthwatering acidity and a touch of grapefruit zest enlivening the finely knit flavors of melon, star fruit, ground ginger, minerally stone and smoke that echo on the finish. Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia Istriana and Picolit. Drink now through 2029.