Pecorino e Passerina

A friends' blind tasting dedicated to these two varieties from Marche and Abruzzo

• 2016 Marramiero Pecorino Abruzzo 83 Points

  Italy, Abruzzi, Abruzzo

  Bright golden yellow, with greenish tones.
  Fine at nose: yellow fruit (gooseberries and gold plum). Almonds. Mineral.
  persistent and complex at taste, with a nice acidity well balanced by alcohol and body. Mineral closing.

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• 2016 Ciù Ciù Offida Pecorino Le Merlettaie 84 Points

  Italy, Marche, Offida Pecorino

  Light golden yellow.
  Intense and fine nose, with a distinctive flowery note of acacia.
  Very well balanced between fruit and minerality at taste.
  Good structure.

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• 2015 ChichiBio Pecorino Terre di Chieti IGT 83 Points

  Italy, Abruzzi, Terre di Chieti IGT

  Yellow fruits and minerality at nose. Almonds.
  Easy straight wine, with a nice fruity structure. Mineral ending.

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• 2016 Velenosi Passerina Villa Angela 82 Points

  Italy, Marche, Marche IGT

  Golden yellow.
  Nice fine nose: mediterrean bush, thymus, gold plum, gooseberries and toasted hazelnuts. Mineral note.
  Nice body at taste, well balanced, also if with an important mineral ending.

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• 2016 Ciù Ciù Passerina Evoè 79 Points

  Italy, Marche, Marche IGT

  Golden yellow.
  More flowery and mineral at nose, less fruity. Anyway very fine: mainly mediterrean bush.
  At taste showing a medium body, with a shy fruit, overwhelmed by a hard minerality.

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• 2016 Clara Marcelli Offida Raffa 76 Points

  Italy, Marche, Offida

  Greenish golden yellow.
  A yellow ripe fruit and maraschino cherry is covered by oxidized notes.
  Rather simple at taste, with low fruit and a alcohol / sapidity driven palate.

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• NV Ciù Ciù Altamarea Vino Spumante Brut Marche IGT 80 Points

  Italy, Marche, Marche IGT

  Very weak perlage.
  Very shy at nose, with some Briny notes.
  Nice fruit showing at palate, for a simple, correct wine

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• 2016 Velenosi Spumante Brut Marche IGT 82 Points

  Italy, Marche, Marche IGT

  Lightly sparkling and light at nose, with some agrumes' hints.
  Delicate and coherent at taste, well balanced.

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...I discovered I prefer drinking Pecorino...