WINE PICKS OF THE WEEK
Villa Teresa Prosecco Vino Frizzante N/ V, Veneto, Italy Price: $ 18 | Score: 87/ 100
UPC: 08007615000694 A consistent, clean style, especially now with the ceramic beer closure. Medium fine mousse with green apple, pear, peach skin, light honey and fl oral aromas with an earthy note and a bit of toasted almond. Similar fl avours with a citrus, earthy, apple skin note and a bit of sweetness on the finish. A consistent, simple sipper done organically with less fizz. Good value and there are more than 9,500 bottles in stores. Poggiotondo Toscana Bianco Vermentino - Ansonica - Malvasia 2011, Florence, Tuscany, Italy Price: $ 15 | Score: 88/ 100
UPC: 008032927130104 Winemaker Alberto Antonini loves the lean, fruity, leesy, chalky style in this case spiced with lemon zest, fl oral and almond aromas. The attack is dry and tight with a fresh, juicy palate and grapefruit rind, quince, pear, fl oral, ginger and lemon oil fl avours. A crisp almost austere style with plenty of fl avour and length for seafood pasta dishes and grilled calamari. Good value. Marotti Campi Luzano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico 2011, Ancona, Marche, Italy Price: $ 20 | Score: 88/ 100
UPC: 00632741102011 Verdicchio originated in the Marche and the Marotti Campi folks have been growing it since the 19th century. Expect a ripe buttery, cashew, pear/ guava nose that previews a round, creamy, soft palate with a touch of sweetness. More ripe guava, honey, baked pear, cashew, spicy, quince and butter flavours mark the palate. The finish is typically austere but it has enough ripe fruit and concentration to easily work with scallops or grilled halibut. Argiolas Costamolino Vermentino di Sardegna 2011, Sardinia, Italy Price: $ 22 | Score: 88/ 100
UPC: 8010544112758 It’s hard not to like a white with a fragrant guava, fl oral, ginger nose spiked with quince, pear and chalk. The attack is ripe, round and fat but the palate is juicy with chalky, lemon, quince, honey, pear, ginger and butter fl avours. Each year this wine delivers a consistently ripe fruit style. Try this with pan seared, lightly spiced calamari. VIVI Falanghina 2011, Campania, Italy Price: $ 15 | Score: 86/ 100
UPC: 8022888154011 Pear, honey, fl oral, matchstick, spicy, lemon, minty, almond aromas. Very fresh, dry, slightly austere palate with lemon oil, fl oral, pear, spicy lees, grassy, citrus rind fl avours. Has intensity and the will to vivi, or live, but it is somewhat tart and chalky on the finish, suggesting it needs food to be at its best. Try this with linguine vongole. Bollini Pinot Grigio Trentino 2011, Volano, Trento, Trentino- Alto- Adige, Italy Price: $ 18 | Score: 87/ 100
UPC: 00726452000039 Bollini grigio always has an attractive honey/ pear nose with bits of quince and licorice. The palate is medium rich with a touch of sweetness more pear, bruised apple and mineral/ butter fl avours. A solid effort under screw cap and good value to boot. Try this with your favourite vegetable frittata or grilled shrimp.