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Villa Schinosa, Moscato di Trani, 2019, Italy

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Villa Schinosa, Moscato di Trani, 2019, Italy

Villa Schinosa, Moscato di Trani, 2019, Italy0

 

Don’t be seduced by the sugar a head judge once said to his young judges on their first judging competition and this dessert wine from villa schinosa is a good example. Loads of honey and rich tropical fruit flavours with good length it goes a little over the top on its components. It’s a little too rich and too sugary taking away any delicacy it could have. Sure at yhe end of a mesl with the wine flowing all night this may not be an issue especially with the right dessert. At £19 per 500ml bottle it’s not massively expensive but for me the LFE dessert wine from Majestic Wine at £7 per half bottle is much better.

Le Quattro Terre Bianco, Chardonnay, Nebbiolo, 2019, Piemonte, Italy

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Le Quattro Terre Bianco, Chardonnay, Nebbiolo, 2019, Piemonte, Italy

Le Quattro Terre Bianco, Chardonnay, Nebbiolo, 2019, Piemonte, Italy

 

This is a different blend than many white wines from Italy with Chardonnay making up 60 % and Nebbiolo making up 40%. Dry and crisp with rich aromas it’s fresh and ‘pointed’ in that its flavours ard there from the beginning but fade a bit quick. Lemon and citrus are thd main flavours with a hint if nuttiness in there.

At £15 a bottle it’s too expensive.

Orsogna, Nican, Montepulciano, 2009, Italy

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Orsogna, Nican, Montepulciano, 2009, Italy

Orsogna, Nican, Montepulciano, 2009, Italy

 

Ooohhh, it’s good. Orsogna realy know how to make quality wine. Dry with soft integrated tannins this is a quality red wine. Aromas and flavours of blackberry, plum, chocolate and oak with notes of leather and slight herby undertone poking through.

At about £30 a bottle it’s not cheap but rather good and you are unlikely to disappoint any you serve, unless they are tea total 😀

 

Val di Luna, Bric del Cedrone, Barbera d’Asti Superior, Italy

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Val di Luna, Bric del Cedrone, Barbera d'Asti Superior, Italy

Val di Luna, Bric del Cedrone, Barbera d’Asti Superior, Italy

 

Val di Luna’s Bric del Cedrone from Barbera d’Asti region of Italy is rather good. Dry, smooth and on the bolder style it’s got good length in the flavour department.  Blackberry, plum, hint of blueberry and soft oak undertones. It’s the price that’s an issue,because at £30plus a bottle it’s a bit expensive.  More a sub £15 bottle to me.

Nardello, Turbian, Soave, 2019, Italy

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Nardello, Turbian, Soave, 2019, Italy

Nardello, Turbian, Soave, 2019, Italy

Yep another italian white wine! Which for about £10 is pretty good value. It’s a typical Soave, dry and reasonably light with a soft and roundness feel. There’s flavours of peach, citrus, apple and hints of pear and honey. It won’t set the wine world alight, but it’s rather good and worth trying.

 

Bindi Sergardi, La Ghirlanda, 2018, Chianti Classico, Italy

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    Bindi Sergardi, La Ghirlanda, 2018, Chianti Classico, ItalyBindi Sergardi, La Ghirlanda, 2018, Chianti Classico, Italy

Bindi Sergardi in their La Ghirlanda have produced a wonderful Chianti Classico. Dry, full bodied with well integrated tannins and masses of black and red fruits. There’s spice and oak undertones knitting in perfectly.  The down side is the £28 price tag, although I have seen it at a very reasonable £18 for the 2016 variety. Very much worth trying even at the higher price, but better at the lower price of course 😉

 

Concilio, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Solaris, 2021, Italy

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Wine made with the Solaris grape is usually found in England as its a grape that grows very well here. In England it produces a crisper wine with green apples, grass and hints of gooseberry.  This wine from high in the Dollomites in Italy produces something different. Its dry, crisp with citrus and stone fruit flavours and a hint of gooseberry and very clean.

At £8 a bottle at Majestic Wines It’s got to be the best value white wine of the year, absolutely cracking.

 

Concilio, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Solaris, 2021, Italy

Concilio, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Solaris, 2021, Italy

Kellerei Bozen, Cantina Winery, Mumelter, 2019, Italy

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Kellerei Bozen, Cantina Winery, Mumelter, 2019, Italy

Kellerei Bozen, Cantina Winery, Mumelter, 2019, Italy

 

From northern Italy, this Cab Franc and Cab Sav blend is rather good, dry, smooth and booasting great length and flavours of black fruits, chocolate, coffee, leather with a earthiness and smokey undertone. The down side is at £24 a bottle it will prevent some from trying it. Sub £20 it would be highly recommended, but over the £20, there are others that are as good but cheaper.

Vigneti del Salento, Negroamaro, Italy

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Vigneti del Salento, Negroamaro, Italy

Vigneti del Salento, Negroamaro, Italy

 

Vigneti del Salento make a lot of wine, although thats partly expected as Puglia in Italy make more wine than Australia. This though doesn’t taste like a mass produced red wine. Its dry, medium tannins with excellent length. There’s plenty of black fruit with a bit of spice and a freshness that’s very welcome as it lifts the wine a little.

Great with red meat or a tomato sauce pasta it’s what this region does well.

Cantine di Dolianova, Anzenas Cannonau di Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy

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Cantine di Dolianova, Anzenas Cannonau di Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy

Cantine di Dolianova, Anzenas Cannonau di Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy

This red wine from Sardinia is not going to set the world alight, its not a gold medal winner but Cantine di Dolianova has produced a well rounded red just to drink. Its dry, medium tannins and good length of flavours. There’s plum, blackcurrant and cherry in there. Pair with a tomato pasta or red meat dish. My only issue is at £15 a bottle it’s pricy for what it is.