Short Guide To Italian Wines |
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| By Janos Vulman | ||||
| Italian wines. Have you tried any of them yet? Wines that
are coming out of the Italian wineries really are becoming
world class! And they are definitely worth a look if you are
trying to expand your wine base of knowledge. Most famous white wine (Bianco) is Trebbiano. People love it for their lunch because it's an easy drinking wine. Pinot Grigio (or Gris in France and California) is the best in Piedmont. Known as Piemonte too which offers great wine tours around the region. Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio has golden apple flavors furthermore a delicious and intense one. Chardonnay is a French wine but we find in Italy as well. (They said) "Apricotti" and spice tasty Chardonnay from 2004 is Mandra Rossa. A must try. Rosso. Red. Oh what a great wines will come. After finishing white wines we will continue with reds. As you can feel now Sangiovese is the best know purely Italian red on the planet. Traditionally made, the wines are full of cherry fruit, earth, and cedar. Beside that it grows mostly in Tuscany top of all that lots known as one of the Super Tuscans (other one is the king, Cabernet Sauvignon). A new one is Il Poggio Sangiovese from 2008, but as Chianti is the best of the best (Sangiovese based) in Italy we should consider Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva which was aged in a variety of used French oak barrels. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2017. In Piedmont Barbera is famous, like La Spinetta Barbera d'Asti Ca Di Pian. Nebbiolo is a premium category wine which spends long months in oak barrels. One of them is Piero Cesare Barolo Ornato from 2003. A dry deep color bead from Italy. Long time ago Nebbiolo was sweet wine, but due to winemakers more hygienic technics fermentation get more complete and wine became dry. We can find also Merlot in Italy. Not the famous one, but from various varieties great wines come out. Let's check Vipra Rossa with 10% Montepulciano, 20% Sangiovese and with 70% Merlot. Due to the governement's advocacy and winemakers growing knowledge they produce more an more better quality wine then ever before. Cheers! |
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