Wine From Today’s Show:
Nino Franco “Rustico“, Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superior DOCG, NV (2006)
Grape: 100% Prosecco AKA Glera
Alch: 11%
Sight:
- Color: Yellow to a watery rim
- Bubble: Fat and erratic (Tank Method)
- Brightness: Day bright
- Viscosity: Medium minus viscosity
- Age/ Condition: Healthy and a little developed by the color
Nose:
- Condition: A hint of oxidation
- Primary Notes: Dusty tulips, beach wood, brused golden apple, & over ripe Anju pear
- Secondary Notes: Meyer lemon, shortbread, & limestone
Palate:
- Acid: Medium minus
- Sugar: Dry
- Body: Flat
- Complexity: This wine is sadly dead!
- Primary Notes: Apple Cider Viniger
- Oak: None
- Finish: Sad
- Possible Pairings: This bottle needs to be taken back from whence it came. This is when bad things happen to good wines.
Pieropan Soave Classico DOCG 2010
Grapes: 85% Gargenega & 15% Trebbiano
- All estate grown & bottled
- Fermented in cement lined with glass
Alch: 12%
Sight:
- Color: Bright straw to a watery rim
- No Gas or Sediment
- Brightness: Brillant
- Viscosity: Medium
- Age/ Condition: Healthy with just a touch of age
Nose:
- Condition: Bright and slightly developed
- Primary Notes: Dried orange peel, thyme, Meyer lemon, & Napa cabbage
- Secondary Notes: Chalky, sea salt, & bruised jasmine
Palate:
- Acid: Medium
- Sugar: Dry
- Body: Silky
- Complexity: This is a nice layered wine with ripe lemon and apple notes and classy signs of age
- Primary Notes: Ripe Meyer lemon, thyme, & honey
- Oak: None
- Finish:Lingering
- Possible Pairings: This would go well with a cream based risotto or a creamier goat cheese such a Bijou from Vermont Creamery (Possibly one of the most addictive goat cheeses of all time).
Zenato, Valpolicella Superiore DOC 2009
Grapes: 80% Corvina, 10% Rondenella, & 10% Sangiovese
- 12 Months in Slovenian Oak
Alch: 13.5%
Sight:
- Color: Deep ruby to a salmon rim
- No Gas or Sediment
- Brightness: Dull
- Viscosity: Medium plus
- Age/ condition: Healthy with just a touch of age.
Nose:
- Condition: Day 1 really strong BRET, Day 2 healthy, & developed
- Primary Notes: Dried rose petal, under-ripe raspberry, sour cherry & rye bread
- Secondary Notes: Granite, leather, & dill
Palate:
- Acid: Medium plus
- Sugar: Dry
- Body: Medium
- Complexity: This is a complex sandwich of dried fruits and earth
- Primary Notes: Sour Cherry, muddy leather
- Oak: Slovenian Oak
- Finish:Lingering, and thought provoking
- Possible Pairings: This would be great with squab, or a nice aged Gouda riddled with crystallization.
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