$275.40
Tessari
Italy (Italy), Veneto (Italy)
12 x 750 ml
Rich Fish, Risotto, Salad, Vegetables, White Meat
This has a gorgeous, exotic and refined nose of linden/jasmine, lemon blossom, tangerine and peach. It is medium-full bodied, very tidy, lively yet rich with lovely concentration and focus. Nicely firm and mineral with bitter lemon on the finish. The length is excellent.
"The ’18 is so bloody amenable, still volcanic salty and never losing focus. So delicious, as always. Drink 2020-2024."
91 points - Michael Godel, Winealign, March 2020
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$359.40
Gini
Italy (Italy), Veneto (Italy)
12 x 750 ml
Ham, Pasta, Rich Fish, Risotto, Scallop, Soft Cheese
"Gini’s Soave Classico is a fantastic value, combining the concentration given by old vines (averaging 70 years of age) with a buoyant, floral freshness from the moderate 2018 growing season. A blend of fruit from five crus, each vinified separately in stainless-steel vats, the wine offers flavors of pear, yellow apple and green almond propelled by mouthwatering acidity that invites another sip, and then another glass."
91 points / Best Buy - Wine & Spirits Magazine, Feb 2020
"Vivid straw-yellow. Delicious aromas of herbs, lime, almond kernel and jasmine. Bright, dense and juicy, with a glyceral but vibrant mouthfeel and very pure flavors of green apple, pear and white peach. Finishes long and mineral. This is a knockout entry-level Soave that boasts sneaky concentration and extreme purity of fruit. Absolutely lovely and one of the better Soaves at this price point that I have memory of in quite some time."
91 points - Ian d'Agata, Vinous Media, July 2019
92 points - Wine Enthusiast, Aug 2020
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$479.40
Manni Nossing
Alto Adige (Italy), Italy (Italy)
12 x 750 ml
Cured Meat, Rich Fish, Risotto, Salted or Marinated Mushrooms, Scallop, Soft Cheese
"Vibrant straw-green. Liquid minerals, jasmine, green apple and thyme on the enticing nose. Then rich and multilayered but also bright and fresh on the zingy mouthfeel. This outstanding, nuanced Müller-Thurgau finishes long, clean and mineral. Not likely to be the longest-lived Sass Rigais made by this estate, but will provide wonderful drinking over the next five years or so."
94 points - Ian d'Agata, Vinous Media, Feb 2020
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$539.88
Benito Ferrara
Campania (Italy), Italy (Italy)
12 x 750 ml
Breads, Cured Meat, Ham, Rich Fish, Salted or Marinated Mushrooms, White Meat
"Luminous straw-green. Inviting, lovely lemon-lime and white flower notes on the nose. Then very serious and almost austere in the mouth, displaying a stony personality to the orchard and tropical fruit flavors. Remarkably Fiano-like on the long, smooth, mineral finish – in fact, it “out-Fianos” Ferrara’s Fiano Sequenzha this year! A lovely wine that is still youthful and will likely develop well."
93+ points - Ian d'Agata, Vinous Media, Nov 2019 (2018 vintage)
Benito Ferrara is one of Italy’s best white wine producers. Ferrara’s most famous wine, the Greco di Tufo Vigna Cicogna, is an Italian icon.
Benito Ferrara’s Greco di Tufo Vigna Cicogna is perhaps the most elegant Greco di Tufo wine made in Italy today. Though it has the tannic power typical of Greco wines, it has a light on its feet quality, a dainty minerality and a lemony freshness that are not commonly found in other Greco di Tufo wines." - Ian d'Agata, Vinous Media
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