Giovanni Almondo 'Vigne Sparse' Roero Arneis

The Almondo estate is one of the reference-point producers of Arneis, that trickiest of Piemonte varieties. The family farms organically, they are very meticulous with their grape sorting, and to taste their Arneis is to taste this variety at its pinnacle of quality.

Situated in the sandy soils of Roero, in the Northern Piemonte, Arneis reaches its pinnacle of expression here, and Almondo is the reference-point estate. Sparse means "scattered vineyards," and this comes from four of the family's sites. Quite complex for Arneis, it showcases gorgeous floral notes over a core of ripe citrus and tropical fruit flavors, finishing with a nice kick of chalky minerality.