Babo Nero d'Avola 2020 chardonnay with a pink peppercorn lift

with a pink peppercorn lift and the deep woodily-wizened smell of old

The palate is perfumed

the winemaking is designed to showcase the "waxy intensity" of the fruit rather than the artifact of the winery

The finish is long and textured with fine grainy grape tannins

caraway spice and mouthwatering phenolic structure

Babo Nero d'Avola 2020 chardonnay with a pink peppercorn liftThe wine has a lot of Mediterranean about it, though its agile mouthfeel and supple, almost Beaujolais like fleshy feel make this quite a unique example to the variety. Perhaps this shouldn't be a surprise; the wine has plenty of semi carbonic influence (including 10% whole bunches) and is aged in massive French oak casks for 10 months before bottling.