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Italian White Wines

Italian White Wines


  • 2017 Stefano Massone Gavi Vigneto Masera
  • 2017 Zeneto Lugana San Benedetto
  • 2017 Tenuta di Tavignano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Classico Superiore Villa Torre
  • 2017 Gini Soave Classico
  • 2017 Riff Pinot Grigio
  • 2016 Tenuta dei Baroni Capoano Ciro Bianco
  • 2015 La Stoppa Colli Piacentini Malvasia Frizzante La Stoppa
  • 2017 Cecchi Maremma Toscana La Mora

 Additional Information
Link to Excel doc with more info re: the wines we tasted.
Wine 101: Soave, Verdicchio & Gavi
Wine 101: Pinot Gris & Pinot Grigio
Fantastic Underrated Vermentino Wine
Wine and Food Matcher
How to Find a Great Soave Wine by Wine Folly

Food options:
Fresh Tuna Salad with Avocado with Soave the Gargenaga grape This is FANTASTIC!!
Risotta Primevera with Gavi the Cortese grape. Incredible!!!!
Chocolate Chip Cannoli Bites great with the Malvasia
Smoked Salmon Mousse
Crab and Artichoke Orzo Salad with Vermentino
How to Put Together your own Italian Wine and Antipasto Spread

THE WINES
2017 Stefano Massone Gavi Vigneto Masera
abv 12.5% price, $9.89
Varietal: Cortese (kohr-TEH-zeh)
Region: DOCG, Gavi, Piedmont, Italy

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Tasting Notes
This was my favorite. The color is light lemon and aroma Medium+ The aromas are blossom, mineral lemon pith and lime. The wine is medium+ acid with medium+ flavor and finish. Medium body. The flavors are apricot, melon and a wonderful tripe tangerine after taste.

2017 Zeneto Lugana San Benedetto
abv 13% price, $13.49
Varietal: Verdicchio aka Trebbiano di Lugana aka Turbiana
Region: DOC, Laguna, Italy

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Tasting Notes
I didn't write a tasting note and this one. I will say that I liked it better than the Tenuta di Tavignano. I would buy it again!

2017 Tenuta di Tavignano Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Classico Superiore Villa Torre
abv 13% price, $11.69
Varietal: Verdicchio
Region: Classico Superiore Villa Torre, Marche, Italy

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Tasting Notes
This was Terri's favorite. The wine is pale lemon with medium+ aroma. The aroma is mineral,lemon, peach and honey. The wine has medium acidity, flavor and finish. The flavors are almond, lemon, apricot and a little bitterness, maybe almond skins

2017 Gini Soave Classico
abv 13% price, $17.99
Varietal: Garganega (Gahr-GAH-neh-gah)
Region: Veneto, Italy

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Tasting Notes
The color is medium lemon with medium+ aroma. The aromas are lemon, almond, biscuit, peach and vanilla. The acid is medium+ as is the flavor. The body is medium and the finish is medium-. The flavors are grapefruit pith, lime, and peach.

2017 Riff Pinot Grigio
abv 12.5% price, $11.69
Varietal: Pinot Grigio
Region: Delle Venesie, Italy

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Tasting Notes
We did not taste this wine.

2016 Tenuta dei Baroni Capoano Ciro Bianco
abv 12.5% price, $16.99
Varietal: Greco Bianco
Region: Ciro, Calabria, Italy

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Tasting Notes
The color is pale lemon. The aroma is medium- with aromas of lemon, blossom, honey and vanilla. The acid is medium as is the finish, flavor and body. The flavors are mineral, lemon pith, herbs, grapefruit, almond and apricot/

2015 La Stoppa Colli Piacentini Malvasia Frizzante La Stoppa 
abv 7% price, $19.99
Varietal: Malvasia di Candia Aromatica (mal-vuh-see-uh)
Region: Colli Piacentini, Emilia-Romagna, Itally

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Tasting Notes
This was Jan's favorite. The wine is medium gold in color and frizzante. The aromas are medium with aromas of peach, honey, nectarine and apricot. The acid is medium- with similar flavors as aromas.
2017 Cecchi Maremma Toscana La Mora
abv 13% price, $18.99
Varietal: Vermentino (Rolle)
Region: DOC, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy

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Tasting Notes
The wine is light lemon in color with a hint of green. The aroma is light and consists of mineral, lemon and honey. The acid is high, the body medium+ The flavor and finish is medium-. The flavors are lemon and apple.
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