Tenuta Scuotto, Campania Falanghina IGP

As I write this I’m sheltered in place, it’s cloudy and cold outside, and I’m daydreaming about being on an Italian beach—or, even better, a yacht moored somewhere off Capri—drinking Falanghina without a care in the world. Obviously, the closest I’m going to get to that is the Falanghina, and we’ve got a great one today from Tenuta Scuotto.It offers not just a form of escape but the kind of thrumming mineral energy you expect from Chablis and other cool-climate whites, despite hailing from the relatively warm confines of Italy’s Campania region. Falanghina is one of Italy’s greatest native whites, part of an ancient Campanian trio that also includes Fiano and Greco—varieties first examined in detail by Roman scribes like Pliny the Elder. It is floral and citrusy but also transmits the profound minerality of Campania’s mostly volcanic soils in a tactile, mouth-watering way. Think Chablis, but sunnier—just the kind of wine (and price) we need right now. Yes, it’ll make a perfect Summer w