Italian White Wines
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Calasole Vermentino di Toscana
£18.25 – £109.50750ml Bottles
Vermentino is a white-wine grape grown in various locations around the western Mediterranean: northwestern Italy, southern France and the neighboring islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Vermentino wines, are famous for their refreshing acidity and attractive aromas of peach, lemon peel, dried herbs and a whiff of saline minerality.
On the nose: Its bouquet is surprisingly intense white flowers, fresh notes of rennet apple, peach, apricots and aromatic herbs with hint of wet stone minerality.
On the palate: Fresh citrus characteristics, with mineral and almond notes, complimented by white peach, apple and a hint of yeastiness. A fresh balance of acidity without being overly strong.
Recommended combination with food: It pairs best with fried marinated sardines, thin-sliced squid with lime, deep-fried shellfish turnovers. Spaghetti vongole
Serve at 8 – 10°C
VINTAGE: 2019
GRAPE VARIETY – Vermentino
PRODUCTION AREA – Tuscany
ALCOHOL – 12.5% -
Colonnara Cuprese Verdicchio Castelli di Jesi
£13.80 – £82.80750ml Bottles
Verdicchio is a white wine grape variety that has been cultivated for hundreds of years in the Marche region of central Italy. It is a versatile variety, used both for light, easy-drinking table wines, and for more complex, ageworthy examples. It is commonly lauded by critics as being one of Italy’s best white wine grape varieties. The grapes are harvested by hand, vinification takes place in stainless steel at a controlled temperature, bottled during the spring subsequent to the harvest. Refinement and aged in bottles for several years for certain vintages. Brilliant straw-yellow colour with hints of green when young, tending towards golden with age.
On the nose: Initially, intensely fruity, lemon, green apple with a floral background, finally complex with notes of flint stone
On the palate: Good structure and balance with initial notes of freshness, lemon and grapefruit and final notes of pleasantly bitter sapidity (pleasant flavour from mineral salts), almond to finish
Recommended combination with food: Seafood starters with a sauce; boiled fish or shellfish or fish cooked in a sauce, or roasted; pasta or rice with a white fish sauce or shellfish sauce; raw pork, salted meat of any kind; mixed fried meat and vegetables; medium matured cheeses.
Serve at 8 – 10°C
VINTAGE: 2017
GRAPE VARIETY – Verdicchio
PRODUCTION AREA – Le Marche
ALCOHOL – 13.5% -
Domini Veneti – Soave DOC Classico
£14.00 – £84.00750ml Bottles
The famous name of Soave is believed to have come from a race of Suave, who attempted to conquer this part of Italy in Medieval times. The wine however is a classic example of the the famous name. Dry and full of white fruit aromas starting from white peach to apricots and citrus. You will indulge in the finish with the typical bitter almond notes.
Recommended combination with food: appetisers, pasta, grilled vegetables, fish
Serve at 8 – 10°C
GRAPE VARIETY – Garganega, Trebbiano, Chardonnay
PRODUCTION AREA – Negrar, Verona Italy
ALCOHOL – 12.5% -
Falanghina I.G.T
£13.09 – £78.54750ml Bottles
Falanghina, a grape reportedly of Greek origins, and known as one of the favourite wines of the Roman nobility, has since the turn of the century become increasingly fashionable. Thriving in a porous volcanic soil, the grapes develop gorgeous citrus-blossom aromas with classic apple and pear flavours. The flavours are quite intense with a persistent rich nose and hints of lime, grapefruit and kiwi.
Recommended combination with food: seafood, especially scallops, prawns, spaghetti vongole (with clams), Caesar salads
Serve at 8-10°C
GRAPE VARIETY – Falanghina
PRODUCTION AREA – Benevento Italy
ALCOHOL – 12.5% -
Grillo D.O.C. Vigna Di Mandranova
£19.15 – £114.90750ml Bottles
The Mandranova Estate produces wines of extraordinary freshness and balance, captivating one of the most famous vine interpretations of Sicilian oenology. A wine of great verve and aromaticity, coming from one of the most renowned island vineyards that are beautifully adapted to the climate of the Contrada Mandranova. Powerful on the nose with its fresh notes of grapefruit, papaya, mango, passion fruit yet well-balanced with delicate white peach and elderflower hints.
Recommended combination with food: An exceptional match with artichoke risotto with mullet fillets or swordfish rolls.
Serve at 10-12°C
VINTAGE: 2017
GRAPE VARIETY – Grillo
PRODUCTION AREA – Mandrova Sicily
ALCOHOL – 13% -
La Merlina Gavi di Gavi D.O.C.
£15.65 – £93.90750ml Bottles
Gavi, produced in the foothills of the Liguria Apennines just south of the town of Novi Ligure, is Piedmont’s leading white wine. This label, an emblematic example from Fausto Gemme, who has followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, is a guarantee of quality and devotion.
On the nose: Its bouquet reveals crisp lime, almond and light herbal or grassy aromas
On the palate: Apple, peach and honeydew flavors, with sharp, crisp acidity
Recommended combination with food: It pairs very well with grilled prawns, pasta with basil and pine nuts, seafood laksa
Serve at 10-12°C
VINTAGE: 2019
GRAPE VARIETY – Cortese
PRODUCTION AREA – Piemonte
ALCOHOL – 13.0% -
Le Grade Fiano Di Avellino D.O.C.G.
£18.95 – £113.70750ml Bottles
Falanghina, a grape reportedly of Greek origins, and known as one of the favourite wines of the Roman nobility, has since the turn of the century become increasingly fashionable. Thriving in a porous volcanic soil, the grapes develop gorgeous citrus-blossom aromas with classic apple and pear flavours. The flavours are quite intense with a persistent rich nose and hints of lime, grapefruit and kiwi.
Recommended combination with food: seafood, especially scallops, prawns, spaghetti vongole (with clams), Caesar salads
Serve at 8-10°C
GRAPE VARIETY – Falanghina
PRODUCTION AREA – Benevento Italy
ALCOHOL – 12.5% -
Malvasia Bianca Sammarco
£11.50 – £69.00750ml Bottles
Although “Malvasia” is the name of the family of various Malvasia grapes, when used on its own it usually refers to Malvasia Bianca, one of the varietals that stands apart from the rest. The scarcity of rainfall and the soils of calcareous and clayey composition give wines with remarkable body and alcohol content, with intense and surprising bouquets. The dazzling light of long summers, the scents of the sea and the essences of spontaneous flora, carried by the breezes that blow from the coast towards the interior contribute to the formation of their peculiar olfactory character
On the nose: Complex characterised by the fusion of aromatic notes of citrus, pineapple, banana and vanilla. Subtle memories of white-fleshed fruit and aromatic herbs
On the palate: Sweet notes of hazelnut. The taste is clear freshness. Light flavour with hints of fruit and fresh hazelnut and butter combine with a remarkable freshness in the mouth. Soft and pleasant, it closes the tasting with a balanced alcoholic note.
Recommended combination with food: Sea bass carpaccio, sashimi, scallops on saffron cream. Traditionally: stewed Taranto mussels, pasta and dried tomatoes.
Serve at 18°C
VINTAGE: 2018
GRAPE VARIETY – Malvasia Bianca
PRODUCTION AREA – Puglia
ALCOHOL – 13.0% -
Mora & Memo Vermentino di Sardegna
£13.60 – £81.60750ml Bottles
The vineyard is South, South-East at an altitude of 220 metres above sea level. The soil is clayey limestone.
Straw colour with green tints. Intense and persistent with scents of flowers and plants, rosemary, thyme and sage.
Flavour is predominant of vegetal notes, warm and full of good thickness and balanced with a long persistence
Recommended combination with food:
- Seafood dishes in general
- Fish with delicate meat also seasoned with light sauces
- Dry soups and in broth with not excessively tasty seasonings
Serve at 8° – 10°C
GRAPE VARIETY – Vermentino di Sardegna
PRODUCTION AREA – Sardegna, Italy
ALCOHOL – 13.5% -
Orsetto Oro Passerina
£16.30 – £97.80750ml Bottles
Passerina is an ancient and traditional grape variety use in the making of white wines in the March region. There are also plantings in Emilia-Romagna and Lazio. The variety differs significantly from region to region in its wines but all with the familiar citrus fruit character.
The word “Passerina” comes from “passero” the Italian for sparrow. They have a voracious appetite for ripe passerina grapes. In Italian, adding ‘ina’ at the end of a word implies a diminutive, and so indicates the relatively small size of the Passerina grape.
The berries skin is quite thick and ripens to a deep golden colour. They ripen with high levels of sugar and high acidity. Hand harvested in early/mid September, they undergo cold temperature controlled maceration. The must is then aged in stainless for several months, before bottling.
On the nose: Its bouquet is intensely floral with notes of acacia and citrus lemon zest and grapefruit
On the palate: Fresh citrus characteristics, ripe stone fruits, zesty acidity with a clean mineral aftertaste..
Recommended combination with food: It pairs best with roasted fish with lemon and anchovy, Linguine alla vongole (pasta with clams), Butterflied chicken with lentils
Serve at 10 – 12°C
VINTAGE: 2019
GRAPE VARIETY – Passerina
PRODUCTION AREA – Abruzzo
ALCOHOL – 13% -
Orsetto Oro Pecorino Terre di Chieti
£16.30 – £97.80750ml Bottles
This lovely Pecorino wine has been awarded many awards around the wine world most recently the 2020 IWSC. Pecorino means “little sheep” and it’s believed it was fed to sheep when they came to graze. The Pecorino grape was believed extinct by the mid-20th century, until some cuttings were taken and propagated from an abandoned overgrown vineyard. The grape is light-skinned offering high acidity and high sugar, translating into reasonably high alcohol, balanced by the acidity.
Hand picked in late September, soft pressed, fermented in stainless tanks at 18-22C. Aged for 6 months on the leas before bottling.
On the nose: Its bouquet is round with floral hints of acacia and broom, exotic fruit notes with balsamic nuances
On the palate: Fresh citrus characteristics, with a good minerality, white peach, pear and a hint of pineapple
Recommended combination with food: It pairs best with Pecorino cheese and walnut bread, Steamed white fish with ginger, Chicken thighs with roasted red pepper and onion, fresh cheeses.
Serve at 10-12°C
VINTAGE: 2019
GRAPE VARIETY – Pecorino
PRODUCTION AREA – Abruzzo
ALCOHOL – 13% -
SALESÀ SAUVIGNON D.O.C.
£19.55 – £117.30750ml BottlesA beautifully-made, citrus and honeysuckle scented wine. The vineyards are part of a breath-taking landscape where the limestone and heavy clay soils combine to create a unique ‘terroir’.
On the nose: Complex aromas of white flowers and acacia, honey and white fruits.
On the palate: Opulent and elegant. You will find floral notes, almond paste and fresh hazelnut. It is a little spicy on the finish.
Recommended combination with food: A great partner for shellfish, charcuterie, white fish, and reblochon cheese.
Serve at 8-10°C
GRAPE VARIETY – Chardonnay
PRODUCTION AREA – Burgundy, France
ALCOHOL – 13.0%
