A barrel sample and the very first vintage, the 2023 Tenuta Bianca Estate White Blend is from a field blend of plantings and is impressively complex, medium-bodied, and seductive in salty mineral and lemon rind. The grapes include 42% Picpoul, 35% Clairette Blanche, 16% Roussanne, 5% Viognier, and 3% Bourboulenc from both the Orselli and San Tomasso Estate Vineyards, the blend given 16 months in 100% neutral French oak. This is going to be one to look for upon release, with tremendous aging potential and appeal.
97-98 points, Jeb Dunnuck