“Zacinta Revi”, Toscana Bianco

Named after a beloved family horse, “Zacinta Revi” has evolved both in constituent varieties and in style as Maria Sole has experimented her way toward the kind of wine she wants it to be. Formerly 100% Sauvignon Blanc, then Sauvignon Blanc tempered with direct-pressed Sangiovese, this wine as of 2023 features totally new components: primarily Procanico (a local strain of Trebbiano Toscano with pinker skins and lower vigor), with a smaller proportion of Verdello. An older farmer friend of Maria Sole’s encouraged her to work with Procanico, which she planted several years ago using selection massale from a neighbor’s vineyards. The Procanico sees two days of maceration, which lends the final wine an understated and elegant sense of grip without taking it into full-on skin-contact-white territory. Aged six months on its fine lees in stainless steel after a natural fermentation without temperature control, this low-alcohol wine (usually 11.5% to 12%) is mouthwatering, brisk, and mineral-driven.