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Italian White |
Taste
Guide |
Trade
Sales Price |
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Versare
Bianco
Refreshing, full of floral and apple
fruit flavours.
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£2.39 |
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Versare
Soave
Soft and easy drinking. |
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£2.69 |
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Versare
Chardonnay
Modern Italian growers have adopted
Chardonnay to produce a wine with
soft lemon flavours and a crisp, refreshing
finish.
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2 |
£2.69 |
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Versare
Pinot Grigio
Now Italy’s No. 1 White over
here because of its crisp texture,
spicy flavour and tasty finish.
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2 |
£2.69 |
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Casal
Bordino Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
This Trebbiano has more tang than
most and is very refreshing.
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2 |
£3.28 |
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Cadis Bianco
Rarely does a medium dry white also have such a tangy, crisp finish
which makes for attractive drinking.
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2 |
£3.39 |
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Frascati
Superiore, Colle Fiorito
Truly a ‘superior’ version
of this famous wine. For the extra
pennies, one receives greater concentration
of flavour and a longer finish.
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£3.54 |
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 Grillo
di Sicilia Lamura
This has lovely clean, crisp refreshing
fruit with a lemon twist and soft,
rounded acidity. Well presented and
excellent value - a little gem worth
discovering!
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2 |
£4.00 |
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Bella
Modella Pinot Grigio
Light, vibrant and very tasty. Very
drinkable with or without food and
strikingly presented.
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£4.14 |
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San
Floriano Pinot Grigio
The best Pinot Grigio we have tasted!
Beautifully balanced, creamy and some
of those well-known tropical fruits.
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2 |
£4.38 |
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Orvieto
Classico, Villa dei Papi
Smooth but full-bodied and fruity.
Modern Orvieto Classico is much more
interesting than ten years ago with
its almond finish more in evidence.
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£4.54 |
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Inzolia
Adesso
Inzolia is a native Sicilian grape
which produces a wine with lots of
tropical fruit flavours in the mouth
and a delicate, crisp finish.
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£4.54 |
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Cortese
dell’ Alto Monferrato
Cortese is the Gavi de Gavi grape
and this is a dry but elegant wine
with plenty of fruit to keep it in
excellent balance.
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£5.04 |
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Lugana DOC Tenuta Maiolo
This superb white wine is produced from hand selected grapes. It has a delicate
aroma of almonds and mixed fruits flavours to match and a clean but long finish. |
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£5.89 |
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Verdicchio
Classico, Sartarelli
This wine is an excellent example
of superb winemaking at a remarkably
modest price. Elegance and a hint
of hazelnuts in the finish make this
one of Italy’s best whites.
Rated highly by Hugh Johnson.
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£6.44 |
