Riccardi e Reale 'Emotiq' 2020 GiftsMalvasia gets a bad rap as a grape variety: too floral, too waxy, big boned and flabby. This special type of Malvasia, however, called Puntinata, is smaller clustered, with tiny berries and a complex character. Riccardi and Reale make theirs into a macerated version, lending it this amazing, crystal clear copper color. Notes of golden pears, dried mango, with musky, almost almondine type qualities. A touch of bitterness on the finish and a strong
Amazing with pork or lamb
the region lying right over the French border with Alsace
this white wine is an homage to the freshness and coolness possible in this lake-influenced
made by blending around 5-6% red wine into the 95% white juice (still made of Chardonnay
Foradori planted these vines from selection massale cuttings in 1984
The reds are all de-stemmed
it's very light in body and tastes like dried flowers
and were doing so long before it became trendy in California—they got their start in 2001
not too sweet
or smoky bacon
and mass market tastes have made the elixir we drink today entirely different from the wine drunk by our grandparents
It makes wine drinking into an artistic ceremony from opening to pouring to closing
