YOUR RESULTS for "ITALY, SICILY"

The nose opens with aromas of white nectarine, apricot, and notes of hay. The palate is minerally with white peach and orchard fruit flavors accented by light salinity. Medium plus in body and round with lively acidity.

This Sicilian white is quite aromatic with jasmine, acacia, lemon peel, nectarine and apricot notes. Flavors echo the nose with more jasmine, white peach, nectarine, apricot, white tea and tropical melon. The perfume carries through in the mouth but it stays refreshing due to the pleasant lemon/orange peel bitterness and a salinity that counters the fruit. Everything stays lifted and clean. This delightful white is just over medium in weight with integrated acidity.

Grapes from this wine are dried for 15 days before pressing in order to concentrate their flavors, then fermented in stainless steel. Aromas of figs, dates and grilled plums lead to surprisingly refreshing flavors of dried strawberries, macerated cherries and cooked cranberries with a dab of baking spices and chocolate-covered figs.

Borgo del Mandorlo shows the exuberant, lush side of Primitivo with dark currants, dried fruits, ripe cherries and plums, along with notes of fruit cake spice and dark chocolate. It is full bodied with dense fruit, young tannins and balancing acidity.

Stewed black and red fruits are accompanied by light tobacco and spice, and a touch of smoke. Soft and supple in texture with velvety tannins on a medium frame. Notes of blackberry, black cherries, and dates follow through to spices and dried herbs on the finish. This is an excellent partner with lamb, steaks, short ribs, venison, or mushroom pâté.

This wine offers complex, lightly cedary aromas along with Frappato’s classsic red berries (raspberries, cherries, and strawberries) as well as a touch of blueberry. Flowers are part of the nose and palate. This has a wonderful texture, its smooth tannins dancing with fruit--and its not clear which is leading in this lively, fresh, fruity, smooth wine. It is medium in body and length.

Aromas of sour red cherry and mixed wild berry are joined by light baking spices. The wine is nicely tart on the attack, before its dried black fruit takes over. Good acid, silky tannin, and a savory peppery component add interest.

This wine has attractive aromatics of strawberries and raspberries. The palate is lifted with the same red fruits dominated alongside savory herbs and light notes of peach.