Babo Nero d'Avola 2020 chardonnay balanced acidity and a powdery

balanced acidity and a powdery tannin finish

The finish is long and textured with fine grainy grape tannins

This wine is a barrel selection

the winemaking is designed to showcase the "waxy intensity" of the fruit rather than the artifact of the winery

tronconic wooden vats (fût tronconique)

Babo Nero d'Avola 2020 chardonnay balanced acidity and a powderyThe wine has a lot of Mediterranean about it, though its agile mouthfeel and supple, almost Beaujolais like fleshy feel make this quite a unique example to the variety. Perhaps this shouldn't be a surprise; the wine has plenty of semi carbonic influence (including 10% whole bunches) and is aged in massive French oak casks for 10 months before bottling.