Thread: TN: Red and white Italians

"DaleW" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> With a shrimp/escarole sautee with grilled polenta, the 2007 Colle
> Stefano Verdicchio di Matelica. What a great little wine. Clean and
> lively acidity, crisp, bright citrus and melon fruit with a snappy
> finish. A few years ago I would have sneered at the idea of loving a
> Verdicchio, but I'm realizing more and more that lots of "lowly"
> grapes can do well in the right hands (and soil). Gets fuller with
> time, with more almond/nuttiness and minerality. Very good QPR ( $14).
> B+

Dale, Verdicchio is may be the most promising italian autoctone, and one of
the best withes.
Moreover often these bottles are really a bargain. If you have other
bottles, leave them a couple of years in your cellar, and verify personally
the great inprovement.
Luk

Luk wrote:
> "DaleW" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:[email protected]...
>> With a shrimp/escarole sautee with grilled polenta, the 2007 Colle
>> Stefano Verdicchio di Matelica. What a great little wine. Clean and
>> lively acidity, crisp, bright citrus and melon fruit with a snappy
>> finish. A few years ago I would have sneered at the idea of loving a
>> Verdicchio, but I'm realizing more and more that lots of "lowly"
>> grapes can do well in the right hands (and soil). Gets fuller with
>> time, with more almond/nuttiness and minerality. Very good QPR ( $14).
>> B+
>
> Dale, Verdicchio is may be the most promising italian autoctone, and one of
> the best withes.
> Moreover often these bottles are really a bargain. If you have other
> bottles, leave them a couple of years in your cellar, and verify personally
> the great inprovement.

And the Matelica ones in particular seem to be the best. Unfortunately
the DOC always reminds me of Fazi Battaglia, that omnipresent bland white.

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Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail

Mike Tommasi wrote:

> And the Matelica ones in particular seem to be the best. Unfortunately
> the DOC always reminds me of Fazi Battaglia, that omnipresent bland white.
>

And the producer reminds me of Metallica, a band on whose shoulders rest
many sins. But they do have good taste in sushi...

Mark Lipton


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Mark Lipton wrote:
> Mike Tommasi wrote:
>
>> And the Matelica ones in particular seem to be the best. Unfortunately
>> the DOC always reminds me of Fazi Battaglia, that omnipresent bland white.
>>
>
> And the producer reminds me of Metallica, a band on whose shoulders rest
> many sins. But they do have good taste in sushi...

Mark, you are not alone in thinking of heavy metal :-)
http://www.klwines.com/detail.asp?sku=1034862


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Mike Tommasi - Six Fours, France
email link http://www.tommasi.org/mymail

On Oct 25, 6:43�am, "Luk" <c.micali...@RUMENTAlibero.it.invalid>
wrote:
> "DaleW" <Dwmi...@aol.com> ha scritto nel messaggionews:[email protected]...
>
> > With a shrimp/escarole sautee with grilled polenta, the 2007 Colle
> > Stefano Verdicchio di Matelica. What a great little wine. Clean and
> > lively acidity, crisp, bright citrus and melon fruit with a snappy
> > finish. A few years ago I would have sneered at the idea of loving a
> > Verdicchio, but I'm realizing more and more that lots of "lowly"
> > grapes can do well in the right hands (and soil). Gets fuller with
> > time, with more almond/nuttiness and minerality. Very good QPR ( $14).
> > B+
>
> Dale, Verdicchio is may be the most promising italian autoctone, and one of
> the best withes.
> Moreover often these bottles are really a bargain. If you have other
> bottles, leave them a couple of years in your cellar, and verify personally
> the great inprovement.
> Luk

Have a couple left, will save at least one.
I think Mike's right, the higher altitude of the Matelica wines really
seems to show