Fondo Antico, Memorie 2010

The wine Memorie 2010 is a rose (rosato) wine from the producer Fondo Antico in Sicily, Italy. It is a very special kind of rose wine. It is made of 100% of the grape Nero di Avola. This wine is then aged in oak barrels for a year and from what I understand the following the following four years the maturation is done in Acacia barrels before being bottled. This is done to give the wine an oxidative character So this makes the wine have a more amber rose colour that showcased the age of the wine.

Because of the oxidisation this wine feels like a lighter sherry. It is very interesting and this wine feels bone dry. This is not a wine for normal rose wine lovers but it is a wine for people who likes the dry sherry styles with a hint of rose mixed in. For me this is a good wine which is very interesting.

Sparkling wine from France and Italy

Three sparkling wines in different styles and countries and regions. First up is a sparkling wine from Champagne. It is a Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage Rose from 2006. It has an ABV of 12,5%. Vintage champagne is not made every year. Year 2006 had a hot July followed by a cool and rainy August. But when the harvest started it was hot and dry. Then the wine rested seven years on the yeast before being degorged. I let it rest for four more years before opening the bottle. In the taste I get raspberry, spicy bread with good acidity and body. A lovely rose wine which could probably been resting for many more years.

Then going south to Italy we find the producer Ciu Ciu and the wine Altamarea which is a Vino Spumante Brut. The ABV is 12% an it is a non vintage sparkling wine. On the nose I get some pear. The taste is light and slightly bready. Could work as an alternative to Prosecco.

Last is the sparkling wine Spumante brut from producer I Pastini in Puglia in Italy. The vintage is 2017 and the ABV 12%. The grape used for this wine is Verdeca. The taste is of melon, apple and some bread notes. Quite nice and light. Short to medium finish. A nice sparkling wine.