Librandi Efeso Val di Neto Bianco 2023
Efeso Val di Neto is made from the Mantonico grape, combining flavours of ripe pears and greengages with notes of honey and baking spice from the oak. At its core there is a refreshing acidity and a saline, mineral streak, running through the lengthy finish.
The grapes come from the Rosaneti estate, from vines planted on limestone and clay-loam soils over a bed of ancient sandstone. The grapes were picked by hand in early October.
The grapes were gently pressed and the juice was separated from the skins, before undergoing fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks. The wine did not undergo malolactic fermentation and it was aged for a further eight months on its lees in barriques before bottling.
Calabria remains one of Italy’s least developed regions and it is only relatively recently that modern winemaking techniques have been adopted. Librandi are a notable exception to this and it was back in the 1950s that Raffaele Librandi and his two sons, Antonio and Nicodemo, took the decision to take their family vineyards on a march towards modernity. Since then they have not been afraid to incorporate external influences and employ the assistance of international experts, without ever losing sight of what makes their wines distinctively Calabrian. This approach has seen them become the benchmark for the region.