Monastero Suore Cistercensi 'Coenobium' 2024 Bianco Lazio IGP

750ml bottle

11.5% abv

Pale amber hue and aromas of pear skin, chamomile, citrus pith, and faint fennel and orange blossom. The palate is clean, savory, and lightly textured from the short skin contact, with notes of yellow apple and quince. Balancing acidity meets the palate's rounder notes. The finish is slightly saline and subtly bitter.

A blend of Trebbiano, Malvasia, Verdicchio, and a small amount of Grechetto, all grown organically. Grapes are harvested by hand and undergo a short period of skin contact during fermentation in stainless steel, without temperature control. The wine is made with minimal intervention: native yeasts, no fining or filtration, and low added sulfur at bottling. Aging takes place in steel on the fine lees until bottling the following year.

The famed nun wine! Here at this quiet religious outpost in the Lazio, eighty women of this religious order work vineyards, orchards and gardens organically. Produced in an entirely natural manner under the guidance of Giampiero Bea, the Coenobium is a blend of Trebbiano, Verdicchio, and Malvasia, harvested together and co-fermented without added yeasts or temperature stabilization.