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Palmalias Vermentino
750ml
$19.99
+CRV
Mix 6 for $17.99 each
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
*Price, vintage and availability may vary by store.
Product Highlights
Sardinia, Italy - The bouquet of this Sardinian wine is intense, with clean notes of grapefruit and hints of spices and bread crust. The refreshing palate and pleasant finish makes this a perfect aperitif, and is also a tasty accompaniment to fish dishes.
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Product Details
OVERVIEW
Geography
Sardinia lies off the western coast of Italy, blessed with a sunny Mediterranean climate that has made the island prime real estate for both winemakers and jet-setting vacationers. As in Sicily, in Sardinia a quest for quality wine is happily overtaking the traditional emphasis on quantity.
Until 1708, Sardinia was a colony of Spain, so hints of classic Spanish style are apparent in some of the island’s wines. Cannonau, Sardinia’s best-known red grape, is descended from Garnacha brought from Spain centuries ago. Monica is another dry, red wine, this one found almost exclusively in Sardinia. The Italian variety Vermentino is used to make crisp and tangy white wines that pair beautifully with seafood, which seems right for grapes grown above the famous waters of Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda.
Varietal / Type
Every white wine grape variety can have myriad expressions, depending on where it is grown and how the winemaker chooses to style the wine. The same grape can produce both a dry white wine and a sweet white wine, one that’s crisp and refreshing or honeyed and mellow.
Most wine drinkers know the popular international varieties, like Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, which are made into white wine in most of the world’s winemaking regions. But there are hundreds more to discover. Think of the popularity of white wines like Pinot Grigio or Moscato, which only a few years ago were largely unknown to U.S. consumers.
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