NOW April is here, it’s time to reacquaint ourselves with the allure of fresh white wines.
Light and frivolous, trebbiano is Italy’s workhorse white grape, but in the right hands this neutral style can start to excite the tastebuds with its orchard fruit flavours and crisp acidity.
Organic wines tend to come at a higher price point and a rich, lightly oaked chardonnay such as Domaine de Brau Chardonnay Finemont Boise 2010, Pays d’Oc IGP, France (£9.75, vintageroots.co.uk) pictured right, is worth the outlay. Generous and fruity with pineapple, soft pear and cream lingering on the sumptuous finish, it’s seriously refreshing and dangerously easy to drink.
Produced by the Farnese winery, which has exploited this Italian staple with great results, try Vila Farnia di Farnese Trebbiano 2011, Italy (£7.99, laithwaites.co.uk), pictured right, for a delightfully zippy glass to put some wind in your sails.
An equal blend of sauvignon blanc and semillon, Vieux Chateaux Gaubert 2010, Graves, Bordeaux, France (£11.96, thewine society.com) is fermented in oak barrels to give extra richness and weight.
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