The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy: The Ultimate Resource for Finding, Buying, Drinking, and Enjoying Italy's Best Wines
Ian D'Agata
Language: English
Pages: 357
ISBN: 2:00230777
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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The definitive guide to Italy's best wines by foremost expert Ian D'Agata, the director of the International Wine Academy of Roma
The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy is a simple, user-friendly guide to the top Italian wines—packed with information on purchasing it in America, with tips for visiting wineries in Italy. In addition to a detailed glossary, vintage table, and index, D'Agata presents a series of "best of" lists:
The 100 best red wines under $100
The 60 best white wines under $100
The 45 best wines at $25 or less
The 25 best cult wines
The 25 best wine estates and producers
The 10 best debut wines
This is a unique book—a truly comprehensive guide to Italian wines. D'Agata, an important wine insider, lives in Rome and is on the road six months out of the year, visiting estates and cellars throughout Italy. This book represents the summation of 25 years of tastings, travels to wineries all over the world, and interviews with vintners.
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Has very refreshing acids on the long mineral finish. The Riserva bottling of which not much is made, is even better. 15. BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO SALVIONI (TUSCANY) Giulio Salvioni is a master of Brunello, and his is one of the more concentrated, richer versions of the wine. He uses new clones that give his wine a darker hue, but the aromas and flavors are all typical of sangiovese. The nose has lovely scents of fresh violet, tea leaf, and red currant and gives way on the palate to rich,.
Latter variety is the best suited for warm climates (and in fact is grown all over the Mediterranean basin), not all southern Italian muscat wines are made with it. Moscato di Trani from Puglia and Moscato di Noto and Moscato di Siracusa from Sicily are made with moscato bianco. NOSIOLA (TRENTINO) A variety little known outside Trentino, but it deserves to be better known. Light-bodied, with a distinct, delicate hazelnut aroma (nosiola is a word derived from nocciola, Italian for hazelnut).
(www.kobrandwinesandspirits.com); Past great vintages: 2001, 2004 The ’01 is the best ever, with beautifully deep, spicy red and black fruit on the nose and a luscious, silky mouthfeel that goes on and on (93/100). THE PRODUCER: CASTELLO DEL TERRICCIO Address: Loc. Terriccio, 56040 Castellina Marittima (Pistoia); Tel/fax: 050 699709/050 699789; E-mail: carlo.poli@terriccio.it; Total bottles: 320,000; Total ha: 57; Visit: by appointment; Tasting room: yes; Highway exit: Rosignano (A21).
Production areas such as Montecucco or Contessa Entellina, when possible I have often not listed them as such—I just start with the wine’s name, which is usually easier to remember and better known. For example, if you want to buy Donnafugata’s “Mille e Una Notte,” that is probably what you will call it, rather than Contessa Entellina “Mille e Una Notte.” This is because being aware that the wine comes from Contessa Entellina, a little-known producing area of Sicily, is not very helpful; unlike.
Grilled salmon steak with citrus-tarragon mayonnaise; fried catfish with mushroom salad; Imported by: Empson USA (www.empson.com); Past great vintages: 2001, 2002. THE PRODUCER: AZ. AGR. BELLAVISTA Address: via Bellavista 5, 25030 Erbusco (Brescia); Tel/fax: 030 7762000/030 7760386; E-mail: info@bellavistawine.it; Web: www.bellavistawine.it; Total bottles: 1 million; Total ha: 180; Tasting room: yes; Visit: by appointment; Highway exit: Rovato (A4) OTHER RECOMMENDED WINES UNDER $100 BY.