The Paolo Conterno 2019 Langhe Arneis A Val (with 6,000 bottles made) opens to tropical and orchard fruit aromas with background tones of beeswax and acacia flower. This wine is happily void of those sometimes heavy and overtly rubbery aromas you can get with the Arneis grape. Instead, this medium-rich wine offers enough freshness to underline those pretty fruit flavors. Winemaking is simple, in just stainless steel, and the vineyards are planted in calcareous-rich soils. These conditions impart some mild saltiness or minerality.