I am especially impressed with the 2012 Alto Adige Pinot Bianco. This wine radiates luminosity and brilliance with a special gleam to its crystalline appearance. The bouquet demonstrates similar vitality with a very pronounced and determined rendering of the grapes natural aromas. Pinot Bianco typically delivers pear, melon and Golden Delicious apple. Here, that aromatic intensity is taken to beautiful new extremes. This is a standout expression of grape-matched-perfectly-to-territory.

The 2010 Pinot Bianco comes across as intense and surprisingly ripe for the vintage. A small amount of oak adds richness and depth, but the Pinot Bianco doesn’t quite have the sexiness and balance of the Pinot Grigio. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2014. A Leonardo Lo Cascio Selection, Winebow, Montvale, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620