You're going to get such a kick out of this wine and out of the super food-friendly Pecorino grape in general. The Talamonti 2017 Pecorino Trabocchetto would pair with just about any seafood or white meat, but in this case, I'm thinking chicken breasts with a peppery cream sauce and capers on a bed of rice pilaf. The fruit comes from a 5.5-hectare parcel, and the winemaking is very simple, with cold soaking on the skins and brief aging in stainless steel. The results are crisp and luminous with Meyer lemon, blanched almond and a savory touch of wild sage and saffron. Some 60,000 bottles were released.

The 2014 Pecorino Trabocchetto is loaded with passion and stone fruits that make for a very pretty assembly. It reveals a luminous, straw color and medium consistency. Fresh acidity and delicate menthol nuances appear on the steady finish. The wine is fermented in stainless steel. The first vintage of this wine was 2009. Fruit is sourced from a three-hectare vineyard site in Loreto Aprutino.

Pecorino is the white wine of the moment for those who love the rustic tastes of Italy’s vast patrimony of indigenous grapes. This expression shows loads of peach, lemon and Golden Delicious apple.——M.L.(3/1/2012)—— 87