Cervaro Sala Bianco
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2034
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Rich seafood dishes such as butter-poached lobster, creamy pasta or risotto with chanterelle mushrooms, and roasted poultry like herb-crusted chicken.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted at the historic 14th-century Castello della Sala fortress in Umbria, Cervaro della Sala is a legendary Italian white born from the visionary collaboration between Marchese Piero Antinori and winemaker Renzo Cotarella in 1985. Seeking to create a white wine with exceptional aging potential that could rival the world's finest, they combined Chardonnay with the indigenous Umbrian variety Grechetto. The Chardonnay grapes are fermented and aged in French oak barriques on their lees, while the Grechetto is vinified in stainless steel to preserve its vibrant acidity and local character. The estate's soils, rich in marine fossils and clay, combined with a cool microclimate, impart a distinct mineral backbone, rich structure, and complex notes of citrus, toasted hazelnut, and white flowers.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its winemaking heritage back to 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Guild of Florentine Winemakers, Marchesi Antinori stands as one of the world's most enduring and influential wine dynasties. For more than twenty-six generations, the family has balanced deep reverence for Tuscan tradition with bold, pioneering innovation, most notably catalyzing the Super Tuscan revolution in the late 20th century. Based at their architecturally stunning headquarters in San Casciano in Val di Pesa, the estate oversees prestigious properties across Tuscany, Umbria, and beyond, with viticulture dedicated to capturing the distinct soul of each terroir. Today, led by Marchese Piero Antinori alongside his daughters Albiera, Allegra, and Alessia, the house produces iconic masterpieces including the legendary Sangiovese-Cabernet blend Tignanello, the opulent Solaia, and the benchmark Italian white Cervaro della Sala.