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Marco Carpineti

Marco Carpineti is an up-and-coming producer in the little-known area of Cori who believes in organic farming and is resolutely moving into the biodynamic domain. However, his greatest claim to fame is his rediscovery of ancient local varieties and clones such as arciprete bianco, a sub-variety of bellone, itself a forgotten variety (and this being Italy, it won't surprise you to learn that there are two sub-varieties of the sub-variety: arciprete bianco liscio and arciprete bianco peloso). Even rarer are the greco moro and greco giallo grapes, of which nobody else in Italy owns any significant acreage. None of this would matter if the wines weren't any good and if bellone, especially, wasn't a potentially outstanding white variety, capable of delivering both very interesting dry wines and mindblowingly good botrytis-affected sweet examples. It is thanks to the work of pioneers like Carpineti that wine lovers everywhere have a shot at tasting these unique, little-known wines that sell out quickly. Also recommended: 2006 Capolemole Cori Rosso (86).

From Ian D'Agata on the Best Wines of Central Italy (Jul 2009) by Ian D'Agata

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2008 Collesanti Lazio Bianco

Release Price: $20

Color: White

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