Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Monday, April 22, 2013 - A blend of Pinot Grigio from Friuli (75%) with some Verduzzo (25%) picked overripe and dried for 3 weeks on straw mats.

Intense green color with light yellow highlights. Very juicy nose full of tropical fruits like sweet pineapple, very ripe yellow damsons, apricots, some honeydew melon and a hint of Pinot Gris spiciness. On the palate the wine feels as supple and fruit-forward as the nose with soft, full-bodied mouthfeel and very rich and ripe, yet pretty dry flavors of succulent yellow fruits like peach and mirabelle plums, some smoky spice and a hint of herbal bitterness. Despite the 4 g/l of residual sugar the wine feels pretty dry and balanced with moderate acidity, at least when cool enough, but as the wine warms up, it becomes somewhat sweeter and the fruit overwhelms the acidity a bit. The finish is medium long and a lot more unassuming than the midpalate with vague yellow fruit flavors and some spice, with herbal bitterness gaining more foothold as the fruit flavors fade.

Here we have a decent appassimento parziale white that is surprisingly fruity and full-bodied despite being a Pinot Grigio - after all, Italian Pinot Grigios are notoriously thin, lacking in body, flavor and fruit. However, I guess most of the credits go to the dried Verduzzo grapes for this one. Whatever the case might be, this is a perfectly decent, fruit-forward everyday white to be sipped on its own on a warm summer's day. At 14,50€ the wine seems a bit expensive, but still not yet overpriced.

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