WBOTD Just the Good Stuff Why add this wine to your Collection / Cellar? One of California’s rising winemaker stars Marco Lucchesi delivers a Napa Locals’ Favorite glass-pour | Rich & Weighty | Discover Grenache Blanc Why now? $35 at the Winery – only $24.99 | Exclusive – only 155 cases made WBOTD Cellaring Worthiness Rating Expert Ratings 92 What is it? Santa Ynez Central Coast CA White Blend What’s in it? 75% Grenache Blanc, 25% Arneis blend | ABV 13% When to drink? now thru 2023+ Pair with: White Meat, Shellfish, Fish Vegetables, Soft Cheese Serving Temp: 40-45°F Drink with: Friends & Family Occasion Crab Legs, Lobster or Rich Fish dinner If you want to drink now... Open & Enjoy Recommended purchase Qty: 6+ includes free shipping
Section Wines Il Bianco 2017 | A Favorite Glass-Pour of Napa Locals’
92WA | Section Wines Il Bianco 2017 displays day bright lemon-gold hue. Offers the richness of Chardonnay layered with Rhône-like floral notes. While driven by peach and mandarin blossoms, Meyer lemon peel and a refreshing acid structure. Texturally rich and weighty, bold and playful with a bright, cleansing mineral-finish. Most of all A killer pairing with king crab legs and lobster. Drink now to 2023.
One of our favorite whites of the year from Santa Barbara comes to us by way of expert sommelier Eduardo Dingler. Notably discovering Section Wines Il Bianco 2017 while developing wine lists for the Morimoto Restaurant Group. Dingler was mesmerized by its weighty texture and piercing aromatics, and after an introduction to the charismatic winemaker, Marco Lucchesi.
Rich & Weighty | Only 155 cases produced!
Lucchesi brought a lifetime of winemaking experience to bear on this vibrant Grenache Blanc-based white, with fruit sourced from two of Santa Ynez’s oldest and most prestigious vineyards. The Section Wines Il Bianco 2017 offers the richness of Chardonnay layered with Rhône-like floral notes driven by peach and mandarin blossoms, Meyer lemon peel and a refreshing acid structure. It’s a stunning under-$30 Santa Barbara white from one of the region’s rising stars. Just 155 cases produced! $24.99 per bottle with shipping included on 6.
Winemaker Marco Lucchesi | Discover Grenache Blanc
After starting Section Wines in 2014, Marco experimented in 2016 with blending Grenache Blanc, one of the Rhône’s most important white grapes, with a dollop of floral Arneis. The wine was an immediate hit, finding its way onto restaurant wine lists around the country, including Napa’s Morimoto after Eduardo Dingler discovered it to be the perfect pairing for shellfish. In 2017, Lucchesi set out to repeat the feat, and after dozens of attempts, struck upon this mouthwatering mix of Grenache Blanc and Arneis.
Marco Lucchesi had his first harvest at the age of 13 in 1986. A native of Tuscany, the wine business runs in his blood. Notably, with his father operating as one of the region’s top sommeliers as well as the owner of a Pisa wine shop. Then after absorbing the lessons of traditional Tuscan viniculture, Marco made his way to Napa. There cutting his teeth at Trefethen Vineyards, Laird Family Estate, and Judd Hill. And in the process, falling in love with cool-climate Santa Barbara. Which lauded critic Antonio Galloni has called “one of the most exciting and dynamics regions anywhere in the world.
