I first came across this wine at a tasting for
Terranova Wines over at Cafe Lamberti a couple of months
ago, but me being at a tasting and sitting down and
writing a review is a totally different things, so I acked
Ottavio about tasting the wines at a different time.
Happy Tails is a humanitarian effort with proceeds from
each bottle sold at a retail outlet going to the SPCA that
services that zip code in which it was bought.
This wine is a nice, somewhat dry white which is
composed of 70% Malvasia Bianca and 30% Chardonnay. I
detect a little bit of green apple in the flavor which is
probably mainly from the Malvasia grape, but the overall
texture smoothes out to an almost silk feel; actually more
like satin sheets. Reminding me of a flavorful Pinot
Grigio, this wine would actually be great with fruits,
cheeses, salads and seafood. It has a little bit more
depth than a Sancerre, but has an equal amount of dry and
wet that should suit most palates.
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