Statti’s Mantonico offers pretty floral aromas of honeysuckle and peach blossom and proves that fresh, food-friendly white wines do hail from Calabria (the toe of the boot of Italy). This native variety also offers the natural structure and heft to pair with chicken or spicy crab cakes.——M.L.(7/1/2011)—— 87

This wine offers a distinctive nose with very noticeable aromas of ripe pear backed by white stone, yellow rose and almond skin. Made from the little-known Mantonico grape from the Lamezia Terme area of Calabria, it has personality and is genuine and compact without being one-dimensional.——M.L.(10/1/2008)—— 87