Synopsis, Our Opinion: An interesting and elegant white wine.
Producer/Winery: Elisabetta Fagiuoli; Montenidoli; San Gimignano, Italy.
Grape Variety: Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
Geographic Appellation,, Region, Country: San Gimignano; Tuscany, Italy.
Vintage: 2017
Price: $23.40 (with a 10% mixed case discount)
Purchased From: The Caviste Wine Shop; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Paired With: Cranberry chicken, rice, fried green tomatoes and corn-on-the-cob.
Tasting:
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Chilled before drinking. Clear oat straw color. Damp basement, apples, nuts, nutmeg and other sweet spice aromas with occasional hints of sweet Confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) blossoms. Smooth, slightly creamy and tart mouthfeel, medium body and 150-grit texture. Quite pronounced apple, fresh chopped walnuts, ripe Sickel pear, saline mineral and glimmers of tropical fruit flavors. Crisp acidity that gave an uplifting fresh taste without being overpowering and a long tart finish that had a wonderful mineral aftertaste. WOW, quite an interesting and elegant white wine. With its wide range of fruit flavors is was simply captivating and paired with the cranberry chicken it was MEMORABLE.
Photo from Cream Wine Company.
See our reviews of other Montenidoli wines.
Alcohol Content: 13%
Closure: Aluminium covered 50mm Reconstructed cork.
UPC Code: Not available.
Imported by: Haw River Wine Man; Burlington, North Carolina.
