Sartarelli Tralivio Verdicchio Superiore 2019, 75cl

Charming with sushi, salmon and raw fish. It matches very well with elaborated fish or white meat dishes, baked or grilled fish, even spicy food, chicken or rabbit “in potacchio” (typical local dish) and lamb fricassee. It is also very good with mushrooms, truffles and medium mature cheeses. The wine is produced from very carefully selected grapes in Sartarelli's oldest vineyards where the grapes have been thinned out to reduce the production to 8-9 tons per hectare. Harvested in small crates, the soft pressing and temperature controls during fermentation mean that the grapes are cared for in the old traditional way. Lively and vibrant in colour, with a high alcoholic content, it has strength and character. It has a light and inviting fragrance with a harmoniously balanced taste which is both full-flavoured and sweet-aromatic. Of a lively and bright straw yellow colour. It opens with an elegant and alluring bouquet of aromatic spring herbs for developing then into aromas of acacia, linden, apricot and fresh almond. It also has citrus fruit aromas as well as a mineral scent. In the mouth it is very persistent. It is well balanced with a rich alcohol zing, acid freshness and sapidity. Characteristically it has a bitter almond finish, which is the typical recurring element of this varietal. At one of the most important worldwide wine competitions, the International Wine Challenge in London, the Sartarelli Brut and Tralivio 2016 have both won the Bronze Medal.