Winemaker Notes
This wine is light straw in color with golden highlights and wafting aromas of apricot, tropical fruits and clove. Multi-layered and harmonious, it unfurls honeyed mango, pineapple and vanilla swirls pierced by an intense mineral stream.
Very nice with boiled lobster, baked brie, seared scallops, escargot encroute, creamy wild mushrooms, grilled shellfish and bouillabaisse.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2016 Terlaner Riserva Nova Domus wafts up with a pretty mix of dusty dried flowers, young peach and stone dust. This is dazzling with rich textures and potent concentration, becoming quite perfumed while slowly saturating the palate with ripe notes of apple and nectarine. A pretty inner sweetness lingers, along with hints of brown spice and a contrasting bitter twang of sour lemon, through the long and still lightly structured finale. The 2016 remains on a steady path to perfect maturity.
With hundreds of white grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended white wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used in white wine blends, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a variety that creates a soft and full-bodied white wine blend, like Chardonnay, would do well combined with one that is more fragrant and naturally high in acidity. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.
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