Prunotto 'Occhetti' Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont (2023) blanc de blancs Marqués de Murrieta is one

Marqués de Murrieta is one of the oldest and most respected names in Rioja

with lemon

with the fine tannins and bright acidity that mark good Sangiovese

and the wine is bottled young to capture Albariño at its brightest

The gravel soils give it the firm tannic spine of the Médoc

Prunotto 'Occhetti' Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont (2023) blanc de blancs Marqués de Murrieta is onePrunotto has been making Occhetti since the 1970s, and it remains one of the estate's most honest introductions to Nebbiolo the grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco, shown here in a lighter, more immediate form. The fruit is fully Nebbiolo, with all the variety's floral signature intact. The soils do much of the work: surface sand over layers of gravel, clay and limestone, the kind of ground that gives the wine its elegance and soft tannins. After a