Batàr, Querciabella 2022

The 2022 Batàr from Querciabella is a lovely bottle. This barrel-fermented cuvée is crafted from a fifty-fifty blend of pinot bianco and chardonnay, with the wine raised in twenty percent new oak each year. The wine comes in at fourteen percent octane in this vintage and offers up a bright and complex aromatic constellation of lemon, pear, a hint of green olive, chalky soil tones, almond, a touch of vanillin oak and a lovely topnote of orange blossoms. On the palate the wine is bright, young, full-bodied and complex, with a beautiful core of fruit, lovely soil elements, a fine spine of acidity and excellent focus and balance on the long, zesty and complex finish. Fine, fine juice. The Batàr bottling has a fine track record for aging, so this is still a youthful wine and more generosity and complexity will certainly emerge with extended cellaring. (Drink between 2025-2045)