Foradori 2023 Nosiola 'Fontanasanta' IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti

Elisabetta Foradori and her sons have turned out some of northern Italy’s most exciting wines. In particular their work with Teroldego receives accolades, but this exciting bottle of Nosiola should not go overlooked. Nosiola is considered the last indigenous white grape variety of Trentino, and is marked by zippy acid and floral aromatics. The vines for Foradori's Nosiola are on chalk and clay and the minerality really shows. Fermented on the skins and aged in clay anfora, the skins providing some welcome tannic backbone. Nosiola (well, good Nosiola) has a nutty character — here, hazelnut, along with apple and rose. Lush texture and some intriguing pineapple-y fruit, but dry dry dry, and very fresh, with a satisfyingly long finish.