Querciabella Batar Organic 2019

Toscana IGT

/ 5 ( reviews)

Every year this superb Tuscan white gains top scores, 95 this year from Suckling. Jancis Robinson MW compared it to Corton-Charlemagne in style. Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco, barrel fermented and aged, it's voluptuous, ripe, yet elegant and crisp.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Voluptuous, ripe stone fruit, with creamy oak; core mineral freshness

Aroma

Acacia flowers, chamomile, peach, yellow plum and melon, light oak

Allergy information

Contains sulphites

More information

White - Dry
Chardonnay Based Blend
Italy
Light gold
Organic

14.0% ABV
10.5 Units
750.00 ml
31 December, 2030

In 1974, industrial entrepreneur and ardent wine lover, Giuseppe (Pepito) Castiglioni bought one hectare of vines on a Tuscan hillside. So started a dream to make elegant, rich wines, not only from native grapes, but the varieties of Bordeaux, Burgundy and elsewhere. His equally pioneering son, Sebastiano, took over, converting the property to organic viticulture in 1988, one of the first in Italy to do so. Today Querciabella is regarded as one of the finest and most innovative of all Italy. They are biodynamic now too and wholly vegan. Batár is their glorious, opulent, yet mineral-fresh white, made from tiny-yield Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco. All barrel-fermented and lees aged in French oak, its complex, layered and rich, yet fresh.

"Sliced apples, peaches, peach blossom, cedar and smoked almonds. Layered. Bright acidity" James Suckling
95 Points