Tenuta Carretta Roero Arneis Canorei Riserva 2021

92 points on an obscure varietal that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else...all for under $25!

Arneis is such a fascinating grape, making round and delicious wines that are generous and crowd-pleasing. This is a treat! 92 points and under $25 make this a staple for any collection.

Recently, Tenuta Carretta celebrated 550 years, yes, YEARS of its long, storied history. We generally visit this historic property every year, and talk about soccer, food, hilarious American movies, truffles, and taste a bunch of the upcoming releases. This one they sent as a sample that we tasted together over Zoom – and it was simply divine!

This is a monopole cru for Carretta and is unlike any other Arneis on the planet. Buttered toast and vanilla with fruit salad flavors of melon, peach, and tangerine, plus some white flowers, with salted pineapple and almond cream and hints of wild fennel. This is ripe and oily in texture, with mouth-coating viscosity and a concentrated finish with superb length. 12 months on the lees in barrel, and very low sulfur because of all the lees contact. Like nothing you’ve ever tasted. Just a gem of a wine that has rightly become a long-standing First Bottle favorite!!!