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Wine Details
Price:
$15.00 per bottle
Description:
This is our third year of producing Tocai Friulano from eighty-year-old vines at Larkmead Vineyards, owned by Cam and Kate Baker. We've discovered that this wine develops nicely with a bit of age; the 2000 vintage has mellowed beautifully. So our advice to you is to drink half the case now and enjoy the light, crisp, fresh, fruity qualities of a new wine. Then cellar the other half for a year or two and enjoy a still fruity but smoother, more mellow wine. We would characterize the aromas and flavors as reminiscent of peaches, the skins of plums and grapes, and honeysuckle. The mouth feel is a bit tart as a result of good acid content. Mike Chelini suggests we drink the Tocai Friulano with salty dried meats such as coppa and prosciutto with melon.
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Varietal Definition
Tocai Friulano:
Widely grown in the Fruili region of Italy. Also to be found in Argentina. Thought to be identical with the Sauvignon Vert grape grown in Chile. Used to produce lightbodied white wines with flowery and nut-like flavors and should be drunk when young.
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Mead:
Fermented beverage made with honey, water and yeast optionally with flavoring ingredients.
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