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Vinous
The 2019 Bianco Alberico is gorgeous with its stunning yellow-golden color. Its exotic bouquet blends tropical florals with kiwi, tangerine and raw almond. This is creamy and round, nearly oily in texture. Crisp orchard fruits and brilliant acidity ignite a burst of saline minerality toward the close. Papaya and sour melon hints linger through the long and lightly structured finale.
Sémillon has the power to create wines with considerable structure, depth and length that will improve for several decades. It is the perfect partner to the vivdly aromatic Sauvignon Blanc. Sémillon especially shines in the Bordeaux region of Sauternes, which produces some of the world’s greatest sweet wines. Somm Secret—Sémillon was so common in South Africa in the 1820s, covering 93% of the country’s vineyard area, it was simply referred to as Wyndruif, or “wine grape.”
Known as the ancient homeland of the Latins, today there is a vigorus wine industry beyond the city limits of modern, bustling Rome. The Cesanese grape, full of red berry, spice and rose, is responsible for Lazio’s only true local reds. Lazio’s most famous white wine, called Frascati, is based on the local Malvasia del Lazio and Trebbiano Toscana. A sweet version, called Cannellino di Frascati, is also made.