The 2019 Langhe Sauvignon Dives is such a pretty and simple wine. It's also fun to drink in a carefree or purely convivial spirit on a hot summer afternoon with friends. You get plenty of varietal character with exotic passion fruit, citrus, quince and crushed oyster shell. There are hints of lemongrass or tomato leaf, but Sauvignon Blanc from Northern Italy is never too tangy or green in the way the grape can appear in the Southern Hemisphere. Fruit is drawn from less than one hectare planted in the Castagna vineyard of Verduno with marl calcareous clay soils with veins of chalk.