Italo Cescon Sauvignon Blanc
Venetian Sauvignon Blanc, vine shoot tied to every bottle.
The story behind Italo Cescon
Italo Cescon founded the winery in 1957, though the family was already pouring wine in a small local enoteca by 1954. The estate sits in the Piave area of Treviso province, in the Veneto, and the Sauvignon Blanc comes off estates with alluvial, gravelly and clayey soils. Every bottle carries the house signature, Il Tralcetto: a real grapevine shoot hand tied around the neck with a ribbon.
The grapes are picked by hand at the end of August, cold macerated for 10 hours, then fermented at 12 degrees Celsius with selected yeasts. Four months on the lees, no oak, then at least three more in bottle. What lands in the glass is green and flinty, clean and direct.
Explore the Italo Cescon range
Five expressions from one Veneto family, all under twenty dollars. The Sauvignon Blanc is the crisp, flinty one; the rest cover sparkling, red and soft white.
| Expression | Type | Proof / ABV | Tasting notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italo Cescon Sauvignon Blanc 750mL | White, Veneto IGT | 12 to 12.5% ABV | Green and flinty, tropical fruit, crisp acid, no oak |
| Italo Cescon Pinot Grigio 750mL | White, Veneto | 12 to 12.5% ABV | Light, soft pear and citrus, dry finish |
| Italo Cescon Prosecco 750mL | Sparkling, Veneto | 11 to 11.5% ABV | Fine bubbles, green apple, dry and bright |
| Italo Cescon Pinot Noir 750mL | Red, Veneto | 12 to 13% ABV | Red cherry, light body, gentle tannin |
| Italo Cescon Cabernet Sauvignon 750mL | Red, Veneto | 12 to 13% ABV | Dark berry, herbal edge, firm dry finish |
Which Italo Cescon is right for you?
The Italo Cescon Sauvignon Blanc 750mL runs $16.99 here, and the Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon sit at the same $16.99. The Prosecco is $14.99. That puts the whole lineup in the mid tier, which is where a hand harvested, lees aged Veneto white belongs. You are paying for the farming and the patience, not a label. If you want to buy Italo Cescon online and try two or three at once, the pricing makes that easy.
Chilled at 8 to 10 C, it handles white fish and shellfish without fighting them.
Same $16.99, softer and rounder, easy for a crowd that wants no surprises.
$14.99, dry and bright, pours well before dinner without stealing the meal.