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Speciale Bianche: Viaggio tra i grandi terroir italiani

Alba, Italy

Tasted May 1, 2008 by Barbara B with 509 views

Introduction

This was a Go Wine event, led by wine-writer Massimo Zanichelli.

Flight 1 (8 notes)

White
2004 Fattoria San Lorenzo Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva Vigna delle Oche Italy, Marche, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico
91 points
Bright yellow-gold, heavy legs. Very complex nose of autolysed yeast, sweet/ripe fruits, minerals and earth. Savoury with a touch of sweetness, very full and rich. Seemed oaked but the owner said no oak. Unusual winemaking: 20 months for fermentation (!!), no temperature controls, 26 months in steel with yeast contact. Fascinating.
White
2006 Tondini Antonio Vermentino di Gallura Superiore Karagnanj Italy, Sardinia, Vermentino di Gallura DOCG
91 points
Pale straw colour. Nose of ripe stone fruits and minerals. Fresh acidity, light body, evolved beautifully in the glass. Nice Vermentino!
White
2006 Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis Bricco delle Ciliegie Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Roero
90 points
Pale straw. Nose: minerals, grapefruit, other citrus, touch of oak. Palate: nice minerality and sapidity; dry with a sensation of sweetness; crisp acidity, moderate alcohol. Fairly long and interesting. Probably the best Arneis I have ever had.
White
2006 La Vrille Muscat Chambave Italy, Valle d'Aosta, Chambave
85 points
Medium gold colour. Big Moscato nose of white/fine fruits and fruit blossoms. Dry, nicely acidic, light body, alcohol on label = 13%. Nose is much better than palate. New winery; vineyards at 700 m altitude.
White
2005 Cesconi Traminer Aromatico Trentino Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Trentino
85 points
Nice sweet nose, intense but simple on palate. Perfectly okay wine.
White
2007 Mastroberardino Fiano di Avellino Radici Italy, Campania, Fiano di Avellino DOCG
84 points
Medium straw colour. Nose big in minerality, light fruitiness of unripe yellow plums. Minerally, almost salty; lowish acidity, moderate alcohol, slightly bitter finish. Simple.
White
2007 Ottaviano Lambruschi Vermentino Colli di Luni Sarticola Italy, Tuscany / Liguria, Colli di Luni
80 points
Sulfur smell and prickle; vegetal, burnt popcorn, minerally/salty.
White
2005 Petrussa Friuli Colli Orientali Friulano Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Colli Orientali
80 points
Bright gold. Clean smell of minerality, iodine, no fruit. On palate, salt, cut grass, lowish/flat acidity; one dimensional, lacking in length and complexity.
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