Costing about $20 and at 13.5% alcohol, the 2019 Damilano Langhe Arneis scored 17 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale.

It’s floral. It is balanced with acids. It fills the mid-mouth and finishes well with a medium aftertaste. It’s a really nice food white.

Served with a sea food mixture and it married well with the clams.

Wines like this can age easily five years and then show a new complexity. Northern Italy makes great food wines. Seek them out. In Vino Veritas.