Synopsis, Our Opinion: A substantial white wine that’s both versatile and delicious.
Producer/Winery: Cantina Morone; Guardia Sanframondi, Italy.
Grape Variety: Falanghina.
Geographic Appellation, Region, Country: Falanghina del Sannio; Campania, Italy.
Vintage: 2015
Price: $17.10 (with a 10% mixed case discount)
Purchased From: The Caviste Wine Shop; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Paired With: Greek chicken, basmati rice and Greek salad with feta cheese.
Tasting:
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Chilled before drinking. Clear, dark pumpkin color. Robust ripe apples, honeysuckle in full bloom and lemon aromas. Smooth, tart, medium body and a 200-grit texture. Apple, mineral and nectarine flavors with hints of raisins and tropical fruit. Crisp acidity, but with a almost doughy creaminess and a tart, very dry finish that had a distinct brussels sprouts nuttiness in the aftertaste. It paired well with the Greek chicken; but we make a simple dish of baked scallops in butter, lemon juice, bread crumbs and a little Parmesan cheese that I think would be ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC with this wine!!! It was a substantial white wine that’s both versatile and delicious. In other words we loved it!!!
Photo from Cantina Morone.
Alcohol Content: 14%
Closure: Natural cork.
UPC Code: 0 24606 36369 7
Imported by: Piedmont Wine Imports; Durham, North Carolina.