Daniele Ricci, Giallo di Costa, 2018 SHEMISCOUNT and wet stone aromatics with

and wet stone aromatics with electric acidity and a persistent mineral finish

almost smoky backbone

Perfect with roasted poultry

creating a wine with real tension and delicate structure

anchored on higher-elevation ground in the cooler northeastern sector of the zone

Daniele Ricci, Giallo di Costa, 2018 SHEMISCOUNT and wet stone aromatics withA bottle that bends the rules of what a Piedmont white can be. Daniele Ricci farms Cascina San Leto in Costa Vescovato, in the eastern Colli Tortonesi the same calcareous clay soils that Serralunga d'Alba is famous for, just an hour east. Giallo di Costa comes from his oldest Timorasso vines, planted in 1986 at the top of a steep hillside. Then comes the surprise: roughly 90 days of skin contact, submerged cap, before aging in stainless until