Prunotto 'Occhetti' Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont (2023) blanc de blancs with the fine tannins and

with the fine tannins and bright acidity that mark good Sangiovese

It drinks beautifully now but has the structure to keep for years

Marqués de Murrieta is one of the oldest and most respected names in Rioja

The gravel soils give it the firm tannic spine of the Médoc

Prunotto 'Occhetti' Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont (2023) blanc de blancs with the fine tannins andPrunotto has been making Occhetti since the 1970s, and it remains one of the estate's most honest introductions to Nebbiolo the grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco, shown here in a lighter, more immediate form. The fruit is fully Nebbiolo, with all the variety's floral signature intact. The soils do much of the work: surface sand over layers of gravel, clay and limestone, the kind of ground that gives the wine its elegance and soft tannins. After a