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Antoine Arena Bianco Gentile 2011

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$49.99Original List Price

39.99Best Price On The Web
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Code: 85068

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Rating:	91 Pts David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate	Size:	750ML
Region:	Corsica	Country:	France
Varietals:	Gentile Bianco	ABV:	13%

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91 Pts David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Arena's 2011 BG - Bianco Gentile- exhibits a remarkable nose mingling roasted peanut, toasted hickory, high-toned citrus oils, and melon liquor. Pineapple and juicy Persian and honeydew melon form the matrix of a lush palate, with the zesty citrus as well as toasty legume and nut notes found in the nose serving as striking accents, accompanied by a more predictable suggestion of myriad scrubby herbs. The combination of expansiveness with vivacity and grip is impressive, and I suspect that these now 15-year-old vines are telling us that they have insinuated themselves into the chalky mother rock, as perhaps also intimated by the decidedly stony and alkaline undertone to this wineâs long finish.

You have doubtless heard some honest stories about self-described "non-interventionist" vintners who genuinely walk the corresponding walk, but Antoine Arena offers an extreme instance: He reports that his 2011 rose took 18 months to finally complete malo-lactic conversion, so that he had still not shipped it stateside as of this summer! Even aside from the absence of rose, I was able to sample on the present occasion fewer than half of the permutation and combinations of site and style that now constitute the offerings of this by now internationally as well as locally famous grower, about whom I have written in detail in issues 205 and 196."

Description:

"Bianco Gentile, an ancient Corsican varietal,captures the essence of the island: astounding aromas of wildflowers and exotic fruit, and a vivid palate of white peach, lime zest, and minerals.

Bianco Gentile is a variety native to the island, which was considered lost until a small parcel was found up the highlands of Corsica. Antoine and a small group of vigneron friends took some cuttings from that last remaining vineyard, and planted it back on his property, effectively saving it from extinction. Patrimonio regulations, drawn up when the grape was considered extinct, don't allow for its use in the A.O.C., so the wine is a Vin de France. The parcel is situated between the Carco and Grotte di Sole vineyards.

Antoine Arena, like most Corsicans of his generation, grew up in a family that earned a modest living working the land on an island largely unknown to the outside world. As soon as he could he joined the mass exodus of Corsicans to the French mainland, in search of jobs and what they thought to be a better life. Several years later in the mid 1970s, with a promising career on the mainland, the Corsican independence movement exploded with violent confrontations between nationalists and French government forces, leaving Antoine stunned.

In his shock and anger, he moved back to the family farm and decided to reverse the trend and remain on the land, as his own form of protest. Many others soon followed his lead, and for the first time in over a century, the emigration from the island ebbed and Corsicans came back home to reclaim their land.

To survive off the land, Antoine knew he would need to show the world outside of Corsica what Patrimonio was capable of. And so his mission began to make the best his land could make and to spread the word. He started identifying the best parcels and vinifiying them separately, and long before his time, worked the vines organically and vinified without any added sulfur.

From the beginning of the endeavor, Antoine and his wife Marie worked tirelessly to put Patrimonio on the map to the greater French public, and with quite a success. They brought fame and respect to their appellation and are recognized nearly unanimously as being the best there is on the island. In Paris, for example, Arena is a living legend and his presence at a tasting in the city will always guarantee an over capacity crowd. Heâs close friends with the likes of the Gang of Four, Montanet, Barral, Catherine & Pierre Breton, and is as much of a bon vivant as any of them.

Now Antoine is joined by his two sons, Antoine-Marie and Jean-Baptiste who share Antoineâs spirit and continue to work the land and make the wine naturally, as taught from their father. Good thing is, this time around, no one will be leaving the domaine in search of a better life elsewhere." - Importer