Grechetto is Umbria’s favorite white grape, with strong fruit and complicated notes of spice running throughout. Roberto DiFilippo and Elena Pompeii’s version is as classic as they come, from organically farmed vines on clay soil across the valley from Assisi. This is the white wine of two Plani Arche wines we’ve selected for this month’s newsletter, and while the flavors are obviously very different, there’s more than a passing familiarity between the two. They have the same rough cut texture, which takes the shape of crunchy minerality in the white. They’re both unusually intense wines, so these aromas of pineapple, plantain, peach and ginger and salted almonds come thick and fast out of the glass. The palate is full bodied and full of tropical fruits like mango and star fruit. The finish is a citrus twist with a salt rim. Try this with a cheesy polenta dish, creamy mushroom pasta, or well seasoned lentils.