Italian White
Italian White is a catch-all category of traditional Italian white varieties. Examples of these wines include Arneis, Cortese, Friulano, Trebbiano and Vermentino, among others. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Italian White wines among our extensive Italian White wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Italian White reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Italian White, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.
Valchiarò 2006 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)
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- $90
Luminous and bright, this sophisticated dessert wine from northeast Italy offers abundant and generous tones of peach, honey and maple syrup. The wine is extremely lively and cheerful and ends with a zesty touch of acidity.
— M.L.
(5/1/2009)
Pieropan 2004 Le Colombare Garganega (Recioto di Soave)
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- $55
Beautiful and luminous, this amber-colored Recioto di Soave is generous and opulent. Its many aromatic layers include apricot, honey, toasted almond and butterscotch. It has rich sweetness and enough tingling acidity to tickle your tongue and keep the palate refreshed.
— M.L.
(11/15/2008)
Il Conte 2005 L'Estro del Mastro Passerina (Offida Passerina)
Beautiful complexity and intrigue characterize this golden sweet nectar and recall almond, stone fruit, honey, talc powder and dried chamomile tea. It’s elegant and luscious with deep persistency and a very long, sweet finish. Pair it with foie gras or aged cheeses. Not imported into the U.S.
— M.L.
(12/15/2008)
La Tunella 2006 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)
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- $90
La Tunella turns out a richly saturated and concentrated version of its precious Picolit dessert wine this vintage with aromas of candied orange peel, apricot, honey, lemon glaze and almond skin. The wine is sweet and creamy in the mouth with long- lasting persistency.
— M.L.
(12/15/2009)
Gigante 2005 Picolit (Colli Orientali del Friuli)
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- $42
Gigante’s Picolit offers simplicity and elegance thanks to its bouquet of chestnut honey, candied orange peel and dried apricot. The wine showcases a lively golden color with well-integrated acidity and a long finish. Pair it with almond-based desserts or drink it alone after dinner.
— M.L.
(12/15/2009)
Capichera 2006 Vendemmia Tardiva Vermentino (Isola dei Nuraghi)
- $84
The producer claims this is the first Vermentino in the world to be aged in barrique. Indeed, this is a spectacular late-harvest wine (not sweet though) with full and generous tones of apricot and honey. This is a big and bold white wine that can still use another few years of cellar aging.
— M.L.
(9/1/2009)
Argiolas 2005 Angialis Nasco (Isola dei Nuraghi)
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- $65
This is a particularly delicious dessert wine from Sardinia (95% Nasco and 5% Malvasia) that would pair with the dried biscuits and almond cookies that are so popular on this Mediterranean island. The wine offers aromas of honey, apricot and orange peel.
— M.L.
(9/1/2009)
Cantina di Soave 2005 Rocca Sveva Mida Garganega (Recioto di Soave Classico)
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This gorgeous wine opens with deeps hues of amber and gold, followed by intensely fragrant tones of dried apricot, chestnut honey, almond paste and pineapple. There’s piquant spice on the close that tickles your tongue and the wine boasts thick, luscious sweetness and opulent density.
— M.L.
(12/31/2010)
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