Friday Sips
The Cellar Door's 'TUSCAN LOVE' Friday Feature
Tuscan Love with a highly awarded wine from Volpaia
2021 VOLPAIA CHIANTI CLASSICO
$26.99 BTL./$323.88 CASE
$26.99 BTL./$323.88 CASE
92 Points & #5 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100. On my way to Tuscany and wanted to offer an iconic Chianti Classico.
Radda based makes for very poised and personable wines and Volpaia is always one of the most stylish. ‘A racy version, this boasts black cherry, blueberry, violet and iron flavors. A firm line of tannins works in concert with the acidity, while flashes of Mediterranean scrub peek through. Mouthwatering finish….Drink now through 2032 – 92 Points – Wine Spectator’.
Radda based makes for very poised and personable wines and Volpaia is always one of the most stylish. ‘A racy version, this boasts black cherry, blueberry, violet and iron flavors. A firm line of tannins works in concert with the acidity, while flashes of Mediterranean scrub peek through. Mouthwatering finish….Drink now through 2032 – 92 Points – Wine Spectator’.
2022 LA VALENTINA PECORINO
$17.99 BTL./$215.88 CASE
$17.99 BTL./$215.88 CASE
Not exactly Tuscany but still a tasty Italian white wine indeed!
Pecorino, the grape, has nothing to do with Pecorino, the cheese. Prominent on the Adriatic Coast, La Valentina’s version of this dry wine could be referred to as Italian Muscadet given its mighty mineral and oceanic qualities. Combining ripe lemon with these notes adds for complexity. In the mouth, it is intense and gains laser-like persistence, herbs, and spice that carry over into the citrusy and thrusting finish. This wine is a rocks with mussels and will pair with numerous shellfish preparations.
Pecorino, the grape, has nothing to do with Pecorino, the cheese. Prominent on the Adriatic Coast, La Valentina’s version of this dry wine could be referred to as Italian Muscadet given its mighty mineral and oceanic qualities. Combining ripe lemon with these notes adds for complexity. In the mouth, it is intense and gains laser-like persistence, herbs, and spice that carry over into the citrusy and thrusting finish. This wine is a rocks with mussels and will pair with numerous shellfish preparations.
