Dalia Maris, Piccolo Bianco, 2024 SO022026 Lienhardt The nose opens with a

The nose opens with a bouquet of ripe dark berries—blackberry

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Clai is a family winery in Istria

Lively citrus and green apple with chalky minerality

But Pichon-Baron has always made beautiful wine in tricky vintages: the estate's deep gravel terroir

Dalia Maris, Piccolo Bianco, 2024 SO022026 Lienhardt The nose opens with aDalia Maris is the personal project of Giampaolo Venica (yes, of Venica & Venica), named for his grandmother and built around old vine native grapes in the hills of Friuli in northeast Italy. Piccolo Bianco is his second wine, a blend of roughly 80% Friulano and 20% Ribolla Gialla drawn from the same old parcels as his flagship. The vines run 60 years and older, the farming is biodynamic, and the wine is whole cluster pressed, fermented with native