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Tenuta Regaleali Almerita Metodo Classico Brut - 2017

Tasca

3.90 / 5.0

Type
white sparkling, brut
Region
Sicilia DOC, Italy
Producer
Tasca
Vintage
2017
Disgorged
N/A
On lees
24 months
Grapes
Chardonnay
Alcohol
13
Sugar
unknown
Price
1298 UAH
Cellar
not available
Tasca Tenuta Regaleali Almerita Metodo Classico Brut 2017

100% Chardonnay from Cava Rina vineyard (16 hectares) from Regaleali Estate, Palermo. The vines planted in 1995 grow on sandy soils with south west exposure. Full malolactic, 24 months on lees.

Ratings

3.90 / 5.0750 ml@Home

To be honest, I am confused. This wine definitely lacks acidity. Combined with a higher RS level, it just makes me sad. I remember a story about the first sparkling wine produced by Ion Luca from Carpe Diem (MD). Their Japanese importer tasted the wine prior to disgorgement and said: I am going to buy most (half?) of the stock if you keep it brut nature. And here I am, tasting traditional brut made by a famous Sicilian winery.

Look, this wine is good, no doubt. It has a charming and expressive bouquet of bread, stone fruits, honeysuckle, butter, and lemons. The palate is round, creamy, and generous. It is definitely not simple and interesting sparkling. It's not my business, but it seems like it was deliberately made in a more mass-market style. I am really curious to taste their Extra Brut version of this wine.

Tasca

Wine producer from Sicilia, Italy. They cultivate grapes in the vineyards of 5 different estates:

  • Tenuta Regaleali
  • Tenuta Capofaro
  • Tenuta Tascante
  • Fondazione Whitaker
  • Tenuta Sallier de La Tour
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