by Ray Johnson | Dec 18, 2010 | Italy, Prosecco, Sparkling Dry, Treviso, Veneto
Villa Sandi, Treviso, Prosecco, Il Fresco, Brut, nv This bubbly is redolent of fresh pears, making for a fruit-driven Prosecco. While labeled brut, this wine is not austere, with a soft approach and moderate acidity – nice. As in a technique used at Sorelle...
by Ray Johnson | Jul 13, 2010 | Italy, Moscato del Veneto, Muscat, Veneto
Vignalta, Moscato del Veneto IGT, Dry, Sirio 2007 It’s quite interesting tasting this wine 3 years on since the grapes were harvested. Often I drink up dry Muscats like this fairly soon. Tonight we have wine though, that is still out in the market and available...
by Ray Johnson | Jul 10, 2010 | Amarone della Valpolicella, Corvina, Italy, Valpolicella Classico, Veneto
Masi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Costasera 2006 The fruit shows both a fresh and a lightly-stewed and evolved, complex character in the nose. In the mouth the texture is velvety, with almost a sweet appearance to the fruit. Like the previous vintage, the...
by Ray Johnson | Apr 10, 2010 | Corvina, Ripasso, Rondinella, Valpolicella, Veneto
Masi, Rosso Del Veronese IGT, Campofiorin, Ripasso 2006 The nose features leather, cherries, fresh and dried, as well as licorice. The mouth displays tart cherries, a long thread of acidity and the complexity of an appropriate dash of brett. This wine has consistently...
by Ray Johnson | Apr 9, 2010 | Corvina, Rondinella, Valpolicella, Veneto
Allegrini, Valpolicella 2008 The nose smells of sweet black fruit. The fruitiness repeats on the palate with a light sense of tannin and long acidity – nice. These are notes from our tasting at the estate in the summer of ’09 and the wine is now available...
by Ray Johnson | Dec 24, 2009 | Garganega, Italy, Soave, Veneto
Tenuta Sant’Antonio, Soave DOC, Fontana 2008 Minerality and lemon mark the nose. In the mouth you’ll find plenty of fresh lemon flavor, like biting into one freshly picked from the tree. You also get that zip of acidity that lingers with the minerality...
