Forget polite wine tasting. Let’s be honest: most Tuscan white wine is a complete afterthought—a crisp but forgettable drop poured while everyone waits for the real star, Sangiovese, to show up. But the 2022 Dianella Orpicchio is our full-throated, unapologetic endorsement of a wine that completely shatters the mold. While iconic Super Tuscan whites like Ornellaia's Bianco and Querciabella's "Batàr" chase international styles, this microscopic bottling delivers a level of pure, driving energy and raw transparency they simply cannot match—all thanks to the wine’s profound genetic legacy to the land. This isn’t some mass-produced, neutral white; it is a fierce, ancient genetic offshoot of Trebbiano that was nearly wiped off the map until Dianella rescued it. 

When the SommSelect Wine Team tasted this bottle, it absolutely floored us at every turn. From its explosive aromatic entry, through a heavy, textured mid-palate, and onto a dramatic, endless finish, we knew we were dealing with a rare beast. Built with the structural tension, depth, and raw power of elite White Burgundy, this is a world-class white meant for serious collectors—and we just secured the last 48 bottles in the country.

The story belongs to Vinci, the legendary Tuscan village that birthed Leonardo da Vinci. It’s here that Dianella launched an obsessive clonal research project to bring this ancient biotype back to life. Grown on blue clays and fossil-shell sands, the fruit is packed with an electric, saline energy that completely flips the script on regional Trebbiano. They treat it like royalty: 12 months of aging in French oak tonneaux followed by 6 months in bottle to lock in aromatics. The result is a microscopic production from a certified organic estate that rarely tops 1,500 bottles a year.

Even the gatekeepers at Gambero Rosso couldn’t ignore the track record of this wine, having previously awarded past vintages of this bottling their highest honor, the prestigious Tre Bicchieri. It delivers a thrilling sensory paradox: deep, muscular aromas of ripe apricot and peach that smash into a bone-dry, mineral-heavy palate with razor-sharp acidity and a finish laced with almond and vanilla. Dianella puts the exact same high-stakes craftsmanship into this white as they do their flagship Chianti Riservas. If you want to own inland Tuscany’s most fascinating, low-volume white wine triumph before it vanishes completely, this is your absolute must-buy.