Surprised by the medium gold, amber color; beautiful wine. Had a great nose, honeysuckle, white fruit, pineapple, rich clover honey. Also, suprised by the number of layers for a white wine; full-bodied white stone fruit, nice acidity throughout the palate, with a long finish. We drank it with a very garlicky basil green sauce on salmon; and it stood up very well. The spicey garlic and herbiness of the sauce was complimented by the earthiness of this wine. We found 3 bottles of this at Jungle Jims in Cincinnati for $5.39 a bottle; wish we had bought a case.
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This 2005 Pinot Grigio from the Risano vineyard had a deep pale gold color. The nose was filled with peach, pinapple, jasmine, and floral notes. The wine had very good acidity from the get-go which subsided a touch through the mid-palate and kept going nicely through a crisp finish. I found some mineral/wet stone taste in the wine as well that was quite nice. Overall, it was a great wine- the acidity would be a great match for a mussels in garlic/butter sauce tossed with linguine and drizzeled with some lemon. foodandwineblog.com
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Medium- to light-bodied. Very aromatic but I felt like it didn't really offer much going down. Definitely better served just a bit cold rather than very cold.
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11/11/2010 - Deplesis wrote: 88 Points
Surprised by the medium gold, amber color; beautiful wine. Had a great nose, honeysuckle, white fruit, pineapple, rich clover honey. Also, suprised by the number of layers for a white wine; full-bodied white stone fruit, nice acidity throughout the palate, with a long finish. We drank it with a very garlicky basil green sauce on salmon; and it stood up very well. The spicey garlic and herbiness of the sauce was complimented by the earthiness of this wine. We found 3 bottles of this at Jungle Jims in Cincinnati for $5.39 a bottle; wish we had bought a case.
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1/15/2008 - foodandwineblog wrote: 88 Points
This 2005 Pinot Grigio from the Risano vineyard had a deep pale gold color. The nose was filled with peach, pinapple, jasmine, and floral notes. The wine had very good acidity from the get-go which subsided a touch through the mid-palate and kept going nicely through a crisp finish. I found some mineral/wet stone taste in the wine as well that was quite nice. Overall, it was a great wine- the acidity would be a great match for a mussels in garlic/butter sauce tossed with linguine and drizzeled with some lemon. foodandwineblog.com
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8/19/2007 - J2K wrote: 74 Points
I thought this was very flat, hollow, and kind of a stale metal taste. It was drinkable but I would not buy again.
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5/15/2007 - tommyvernieri wrote: 81 Points
Medium- to light-bodied. Very aromatic but I felt like it didn't really offer much going down. Definitely better served just a bit cold rather than very cold.
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4/30/2007 - mobydoug wrote: 85 Points
Good clean crisp pinot.
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