Cesconi Nosiola 2024
£19.25
The wine
A lovely pale lemon colour. Fresh and lively, expressing mountain character, with grapefruit.
Nosiola is a native Trentino white, best known for the sweet Vino Santo of the Valle dei Laghi, and it is grown on only a few hundred hectares. The name is thought to come from nocciola, hazelnut, for the note it carries. Cesconi farm at Pressano in Trentino, organically and biodynamically, in a mountain valley where the whites come out more intense and structured than the Italian norm.
The producer
Cesconi
View all Cesconi winesIn the hills of Trentino, north of Trento, the Cesconi family tends its vines with rare care and conviction. Theirs is an artisan estate, farmed organically and by hand, where every wine is made to express its grape and its cool mountain home. It is small-scale winemaking at its most committed, run by brothers who do almost everything themselves.
From a serious, textured Pinot Grigio that puts most examples to shame to the rare native Nosiola, the range is all about purity, freshness and quiet detail. Nothing is rushed, and nothing is over-worked or over-oaked.
Precise, mineral and gently distinguished, these are among the finest whites of the Italian Alps. They have a devoted following among sommeliers precisely for that honesty and clarity.
Serve them well chilled, as an aperitif or with lighter dishes, and taste the clarity and cool air of Trentino.






