Here's a news flash. Italy makes some kickin' white wines. When I started my reading and research on Italy, I only knew of Chianti, the deep red wine that comes in the bottle with the straw base. I never knew the joys of Italian whites until I tasted it while playing online casino.
Verdicchio is another lesson in the Italian Whites syllabus. Verdicchio (overall) is slightly green-yellow in color and has a delicate bouquet. It is medium bodied with surprisingly strong flavors, a crisp acid balance and a slightly bitter finish. It is best consumed within the first two years from the vintage date. The bottle I received, a Marchetti Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico was a little bit more than that. Eyes:Nearly Translucent. Golden yellow with no hint of green. Solid legs that take their good ol sweet time to fall back into the wine. Nose: Slight herb aroma with an only slightly stronger lemony smell. Taste: A very light wine. Very watery. Sweet overtones with a tiny little taste of bitterness. Very citrusy, like grapefruit. Holds the tongue well, and tastes a bit lick the mineral aspects of a Pelligrino. Ends very nice. Overall: Probably the lightest tasting wine I've had to date. Very delicate, and certainly will not overpower anyone. From here on forth, when it comes to wine, I'm going to assign a point on a scale of 1-3. Three means I'd buy it again, 2 means I liked it but probably wouldn't remember drinking it in two weeks. 1 means I hated it and would avoid it. I give this wine a 3. I enjoyed how delicate it was...not as sweet as a Riesling, not as thick as a Chardonnay. Simply a tasty wine. The Wines of Emilia RomaHave you ever had one of those days where nothing goes correctly? I now have in my possession two blackberry-cherry pies. Normally this would be a good thing, except for some reason I had forgotten to add a binder to the fruit. So instead, I have blackberry-cherry soup, wrapped by an impeccable pie pastry. Then, just to make things a little worse, the entire city of Seattle seems to want to avoid purchasing any wine from the Emilia-Romagna region. I wanted to purchase a crisp, dry Lambrusco, but I've been thwarted. I dreamed of tasting a white made from the Malvasia, Trebbiano or Ortrugo grapes. But alas, none could be obtained. I even thought about what it would be like to have a sip of Albana di Romagna. But...well, you get the idea. In the seven places I looked, I came up with one bottle...one. That's pretty sad I think. A 2001 Umberto Cesari Sangiovese di Romagna. Sangiovese is one of the more popular grapes in this section of Italy. Not that I have anything against Sangiovese. I don't. But I've already tried Sangiovese in the form a a Tuscan Chianti. Because when you drink Chianti, you're having at least 75-85% Sangiovese grapes in your wine. I wanted to try something new. So if you're into wines from Emilia-Romagna region, there are plenty of options...as long as you don't go looking for them in Seattle. Salud!
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