Synopsis, Our Opinion: An alluring white that was an excellent value.
Producer/Winery: Tommasi viticoltori; Vernoa, Italy.
Grape Variety: Turbiana di Lugana.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: Lugana; Veneto, Italy.
Vintage: 2017
Price: $17.10 (with a 10% mixed case discount)
Purchased From: The Caviste Wine Shop; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Paired With: Chicken with apricot sauce flavored with garam masala over rice and corn-on-the-cob from the garden.
Tasting:
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Chilled before drinking. Crystal clear, light wheat straw color. Fresh aromatics with dominating ripe melon and tropical fruit; secondary apple, citrus and Confederate Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) blossom aromas. Silky Smooth, creamy mouthfeel, medium body and a 600-grit texture. Intense flavors of mandarin orange, apricot, quince, tart lemon, pineapple and ripe honey dew melon surrounded by bitterness and a dusty mineral background. Edgy acidity and a really nice long spicy/citrus finish that ends bitter. Very refreshing and enjoyable Italian white. Delicious paired with the chicken an apricot sauce and a very pleasant sipping wine after the dinner. We called it an alluring white that was an excellent value.
Photo from Tommasi viticoltori.
Alcohol Content: 12.5%
Closure: Plastic cork.
UPC Code: 0 87675 02154 7
Imported by: Vintus; Pleasantville, New York.