Poderi Cellario Langhe Bianco Acacia 2025 JULY42024 A legendary revival: Ardbeg 17

A legendary revival: Ardbeg 17 was originally released in 1997 as one of the first bottles after the Islay distillery reopened

and blending Nebbiolo with indigenous grapes like Vespolina and Croatina

and aged in old oak with minimal sulfur

It'll drink beautifully now with air

resulting juice from the tiny Old Wente bunches was fermented in predominately neutral barrels and aged for 11 months on lees

Poderi Cellario Langhe Bianco Acacia 2025 JULY42024 A legendary revival: Ardbeg 17Fausto and Cinzia Cellario are third generation winemakers in Carru, on the western edge of the Langhe, and they've made a career of championing the indigenous grapes other Piedmontese growers have abandoned. This Acacia bianco is blended from Timorasso (the once lost local white the region is happily rediscovering) and Rossese Bianco (rarer still), and it's aged for six to eight months in barrels made of acacia wood rather than oak a choice that