This Week's Tasting
Grill Wines alla Italiana
July 24, 2024
This week, we have selected some great Italian wines to pair with grilled food.
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This Week Wed, July 24, 2024 Vini Italiani Per Cibi alla Griglia In-store, 5 - 6:30pm
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This week, we have selected some great Italian wines to pair with grilled food. Whether it's grilled vegetable antipasti, bistecca di fiorentina, balsamic glazed veal chop, grilled clams oreganata, Grilled Calamari with olive oil, lemon & garlic, and many other Italian grilled foods, this week's wines will have you covered.
White
2023 Gorgo Bianco di Custoza Organic
For grilled seafood, this savory blend of aromatic grapes, Malvasia, Trebbiano, Cortese, Garganega, and Tocai Friulano delivers a lot of flavor at a modest price.
Aroma: A fragrant Italian white has honeysuckle, orchard, and tropical fruit aromas. Mouth: The fresh, savory palate doles out ripe yellow pear, green melon, and pineapple. Dry, harmonious, and fresh; slightly aromatic, with crisp acidity in balance with a stony, mineral, and persistent body. Very Good $14.99, Case $12.99
A White and a Red from
Giacomo Fenocchio Monforte D’Alba-Piedmont
Giacomo Fenocchio is a classic Piedmont house operated since 1894 by five generations of the Fenocchio family. In recent years, current director Claudio Fenocchio has been recognized by the likes of the New York Times and Gambero Rosso for his wines' level of terroir clarity only found in the top echelon of producers. If you're looking for the next star winemaker in Italy, look no further.
2022 Giacomo Fenocchio Arneis Roero
A day and a half of skin contact gives this a firm underlying firmness that nicely balances its forward fruit—grilled fish.
Aroma: fruity and intense, peach and plum; Mouth: fruity, forward and modern, fresh with a tangy edge, firm underneath, long and persistent; Very Good Plus $28.99; Case, $24.99
Red
2021 Giacomo Fenocchio Barbera D’Alba Superiore
For Italian marinades, spice and herb blends to grill your vegetables, beef, poultry, veal, or pork. This wine should be your go-to.
Aroma: Forward and balanced with tones of red cherries, raspberries, crushed rocks, leather, spice notes, roasted herbs, and some savory notes. Mouth: The wine's savory palate delivers ripe blackberry, nutmeg and licorice. Its medium body is deftly balanced with crisp, high acidity and silky, medium tannins. Very Good Plus $29.99, Case $25.49
The 2019 Tenuta Santa Maria Valpolicella Classico Ripasso has it all. It is made with Corvina, Rondinella, and Corvinone grapes from vineyards with exceptional terroir. The wine is intense, elegant, and complex in a perfectly balanced way. It is extremely versatile with food. It is also approachable now and will age well for many years.
Color: Vivid ruby red. Aromas and flavors of dark cherry, blueberry, licorice, cinnamon, and pepper. Velvet tannins with very balanced acidity and a long, dry finish with lingering fruity tones. People who enjoy the style of complete-bodied Pinot Noir should pay attention. Excellent $35, Case $29.99
2020 Tomei Veniero Cesanese: Organic, Biodynamic
It is Marco Tomei's passion to revive the ancient history of wine. He is in Sezze on the Appian Way near Rome, a village founded by Hercules.
Marco also planted a unique clone of Cesanese on his farm in Sezze. In other parts of Lazio, Cesanese gives fruit bombs. The growing conditions are perfect in Sezze, eight kilometers from the sea. Aged in terra cotta amphora and cement, the 2020 Tomei Veniero Cesanese is a refined and gorgeous wine. It is highly aromatic and lean in body with a strong acid tannic drive that will cut through any fattier pork or beef dish.
Ruby red. Graphite, cherry redcurrant, and mineral notes. Savory, balanced, with fine tannins Excellent $28.99, case 24.99
Italian Grill Case, two each of the wines: $259
Or mix any 12 at their case prices
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- Len Rothenberg
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