Miani, Sauvignon Saurint, 2023

Saurint is one of the named Sauvignon vineyards that Enzo Pontoni treats like a grand cru, and he farms it more or less alone. The parcel sits on the same ponca marl that gives Miani's whites their spine, and it is cropped at yields most growers would file under financial malpractice. The wine trades green snap for depth: ripe yellow fruit, white flowers, a smoky mineral undertow, and real weight through the middle that somehow never costs it tension. Fermented and raised in barrel, though what you notice is texture rather than wood. Serve it in a big glass, only lightly chilled, and give it air. This is a young wine with a very long road in front of it. These bottles reached us from a private cellar.