Ariavecchia Greco di Tufo

Mineral aroma, floral, not much fruit. Lemon blossom. Crisp, good acid, lengthy finish. Admirable texture.

Awesome nose of apricot, grass, wet field, spice, and superb minerality. Palate is such and so elegant with terrific apricot fruit and extract. Really, fresh, precise and focused. A rainwater like finish. Gorgeous purity. Needs air to express itself as the finish while long is attenuated.

Very good showing but not the best for me. 13/07 are hard to beat but with age these seem to defy it all so we will see in time.

Nose is intensely mineral. Floral as well and apricot skins. Really unique and beautiful. Palate is extraordinary. Concentrated, deep and very complex with just amazing structure and depth. Greco di Tufo Grand Cru here. The finish has substance and length. Really stays with you. What power and material here. Just an incredible wine. The score may go up.

Nose now has dried fruit. Apricot. Peach. Crystalline in its purity. This has aspects of Savoie whites, N Rhone whites and white Burgundy. It’s so unique.

Sick nose. Floral. Amazing apricot. Insane Greco minerality. Sick perfumed aroma. Smells so insane. Palate is elegant, mineral, beautiful apricot fruit. Amazingly elegant and flatly defined fruit. Concentrated.

This is the “Ariavechia” cuvee. It’s 100% Greco di Tufo DOCG. 11 year old Greco. Ok. What a nose. Super freakishly mineral. Clean, saline, sea breeze. Stunning. Nutty, earthy and mineral are the top aromas. So fragrant. But still smells like it can age longer. So juicy, dry, structure and balanced. This is super serious and needs 3-4 more years. Amazing density and fruit on the palate but a firm mineral backbone and structure to burn. What a finish. This is epic.

Very mineral & tightly wound; searing acid refracted through stone. Lemon & florals. Still very enjoyable at this stage but will divulge more as it unfurls. Great stuff.

Fresh cut hay, apricot, green plum, honey, a hint of lily, crisp with a sweet lactic body and a really savory complex finish. Mineral. Wonderful complexity and length for a crisp white wine.

Nose: melon, white flowers. Lovely.

Palate: elegantly rich. Kiss of honey. Fine minerals.

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Enjoyed but definitely not my usual style of white. Quite full bodied and almost rich, but not at all cloying. Lots of minerality, some saltiness. Less acid on the finish than I was hoping, but still a nice long finish.