Tunella Friuli Colli Orientali Biancosesto 2023 TBO blends fruit from two terroirs:

blends fruit from two terroirs: clay-rich Canalicchio and mineral-rich Montosoli

000-meter eastern edge of the appellation where gnarled old vines survive that most of Spain forgot

fermented with semi-carbonic techniques and raised in concrete

so nothing gets in the way

Old-vine Mencía from Bierzo—the collaboration between Álvaro Palacios (of Priorat fame) and his nephew Ricardo Pérez Palacios

Tunella Friuli Colli Orientali Biancosesto 2023 TBO blends fruit from two terroirs:Biancosesto is Tunella's flagship white a 50 50 blend of Friulano and Ribolla Gialla, the two native grapes that arguably best express Friuli's Colli Orientali. The Zorzettig family has been farming these hills for three generations, and the wine is aged on fine lees in tonneau, giving it texture without dressing it up in oak. The Ribolla brings citrus tension and lift, the Friulano fills it out with weight and almondy depth. It's a quietly serious