Winemaker Notes
All its complexity is tangible to the taste. To the nose, there are hints of ripe fruit, peaches, yellow apples and rose petals with fresh, balsamic notes. The palate is enveloped by an invasion of flavor, maintaining all its freshness and elegance. The full structure is accompanied by taut acidity and a characteristic savoriness that completely cleans the palate, leaving it full of delicate aromas.
Perfect for winter soups, legumes and pasta with white sauces, white meat and poultry, medium seasoned cheese, fish that is cooked long and well, and shellfish.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
Containing an exciting mix of wine producing subregions, Lombardy is Italy’s largest in size and population. Good quality Pinot noir, Bonarda and Barbera have elevated the reputation of the plains of Oltrepò Pavese. To its northeast in the Alps, Valtellina is the source of Italy’s best Nebbiolo wines outside of Piedmont. Often missed in the shadow of Prosecco, Franciacorta produces collectively Italy’s best Champagne style wines, and for the fun and less serious bubbly, find Lambrusco Mantovano around the city of Mantua. Lugana, a dry white with a devoted following, is produced to the southwest of Lake Garda.