Daniele Ricci, Giallo di Costa, 2018 SHEMISCOUNT Perfect with roasted poultry

Perfect with roasted poultry

and wet stone aromatics with electric acidity and a persistent mineral finish

The name means "vineyard of molehills

making this single-vineyard Brunello less of a special-occasion commitment and more of an opportunity to explore terroir nuance in Montalcino’s most elegant corner

without overwhelming its vibrancy

Daniele Ricci, Giallo di Costa, 2018 SHEMISCOUNT Perfect with roasted poultryA bottle that bends the rules of what a Piedmont white can be. Daniele Ricci farms Cascina San Leto in Costa Vescovato, in the eastern Colli Tortonesi the same calcareous clay soils that Serralunga d'Alba is famous for, just an hour east. Giallo di Costa comes from his oldest Timorasso vines, planted in 1986 at the top of a steep hillside. Then comes the surprise: roughly 90 days of skin contact, submerged cap, before aging in stainless until