The Christmas vacations have actually shown up once again this year and we at Avvinando, as constantly, have actually headed out of our method to advise to our readers a few of the advantages we have actually tasted in current months. Let’s begin with the whites (plus a rosé as a reward track!) which, streamlining a bit, might accompany us in the conventional fish-based supper on Christmas Eve (however quickly we will likewise provide you the reds, the bubbles and perhaps some other guidance to have all the aspects in hand and make the proper options …).
We will never ever tire of composing and rewording it: these are not rankings or total mappings, so if red wine from your location is missing out on, it will be a reward to attempt something brand-new!
Let’s begin with the South, from Puglia to be accurate, due to the fact that this year too Varvaglione provides among the most intriguing “Christmas Editions” with themed labels and multimedia video games to play in business. And while you play, what’s much better than drinking a thirst-quenching, fragrant and convivial gewurztraminer like the 12 e mezzo Malvasia Bianca del Salento 2022?
With the Ombrasenzombra Colli Piacentini Sauvignon 2021 by La Tosa we go to Emilia for a white that has its body however that makes pleasantness its hallmark with the common notes of the vine from elderberry, tomato leaf, citrus fruits, mineral however with a stunning special. Perfect for appetisers, maybe sweet and sour.
Still sauvignon however from Friuli, the Cicinis Collio 2022 by Attems has a stunning extreme nose of cedar, flowers, tropical fruit, spicy and “rocky” notes. The mouth is complete, pungent and covering with fantastic freshness and incredibly taste without losing sophistication. Perfect with breast meats or crucial fish meals.
We constantly stay in the location with the 2018 Collio Pinot Grigio from Colle Duga. White that has a couple of years behind it however maintains a stunning tasty fruit, with notes of peach and apricot. Soft mouth, saline surface, really fresh and balsamic.
Collio once again with the Broy 2020 Collavini (partly dried Friulian and chardonnay, sauvignon). Luxury and fatness accompanied by sweet notes, however likewise flower, vegetal and tropical notes, freshness and incredibly taste. Light cheeses, fish soups and, why not, a touch of fois gras.
It’s time to treat yourself to a journey throughout the Alps, to Alsace to be accurate, with Hugel’s Riesling Classic 2022. A guarantee! Delicious white fruit, mineral and spicy tips, citrus and an incredibly sharp freshness. Perfect throughout the meal however likewise with hot raw meals or unique food.
Very same grape range however from Germany, from Nahe to be accurate. We can not stop working to point out Weingut Dönnhoff’s Riesling Tonschiefer Trocken 2022. The cellar is amongst the most trustworthy and oddly for a riesling in the location it is prepared right away: on the nose the well-known flint underlies a stunning arrangement of tropical fruit. It gets in the mouth elegantly and nearly mouthwatering. Magnificent for a Christmas aperitif (in Italy it can be discovered online)
We go back to Veneto with the Custoza Superiore 2020 Brolo dei Giusti (Cortese, Garganega, Friulano, Manzoni cross, Chardonnay). Gorgeous structured white with a flower and citrus nose with toasted, green and buttery notes and mineral tips. Velvety however really fresh mouthfeel for abundant fish or breast meat meals.
We stay in the Verona location with the Monte Grande Soave Classico 2021 from Pra (Garganega, Trebbiano di Soave). Super taste of stunning intricacy. Complete, complicated white, used sweet notes of unique fruit and citrus and on a clear taste and enveloping. For complicated fish meals, unique for us with salmon.
From Sardinia comes the Vermentino di Gallura Le Arenarie 2021 by Sella and Mosca. White that can be discovered in grocery stores and which in this vintage is especially excellent. Perfect for fish or for some lean ravioli as it is not fruity however gladly focuses on taste and dried flowers and pepper on the nose. Exceptional worth for cash.
In Piedmont a taste that actually impressed us. Hic et Nunc’s Felem 2021 is a healing job of Baratuciat, a native Monferrato grape. Quick maceration and superb golden color. Really intriguing nose of “sweet” ripe fruit and flower notes of hawthorn. Mouthwatering mouth, extremely focused, incredibly freshness and fantastic adaptability.
From Monferrato to the Langhe, not for a white however to end with a brand-new sweet rosé: Rosset Langhe 2022 by Eraldo Revelli, a winery that we have actually typically mentioned as a referral for this grape. Complete color and mouthfeel with tasty fruit and flower notes of roses. A rosé with structure and drinkability that can likewise manage meals of a particular weight.
Delighted Vacations
Raffaele and Sergio