Girlan Alto Adige Pinot Bianco 2023

Like most producers in Alto Adige who want to sell some wine on the international market, Girlan makes a Pinot Grigio. It’s a good wine, but the truth is that this producer’s Pinot Bianco is miles more interesting—in our humble opinion. It is drawn from hand-picked fruit on Alto Adige’s mineral-rich hillsides of Cornaiano at altitudes ranging from 450 to 500 metres. The juice fermented in tank, with 10% going through malolactic conversion to add some flesh to the wine's cool Alpine bones. The weight and texture here are pinpoint; it’s a racy, pulpy, kaffir-lime, apple, and spiced pastry-scented quencher with lovely, pithy minerality and a zesty Alpine tang on the finish. Another genuine bargain from this over-delivering outfit.