Castello dei Rampolla Trebianco di Santa Lucia 2019
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Blend: 50% Trebbiano, 20% Chardonnay, 20% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Traminer
This white wine has the texture and fiber to pair with fried white meat, oven roast dishes or soups.
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James Suckling
A substantial white with salt, wood, lees-stir and cooked-apple character. Full-bodied. No sulfur added. Very cool and fun to taste with serious winemaking behind it. An unfiltered blend of trebbiano, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and traminer.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Castello dei Rampolla 2019 Trebianco di S. Lucia (made without added sulfites) is a blend of Trebbiano, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Traminer. This is a raw and authentic white that smells of the purity of the grapes, and the soils of Tuscany scooped up into your hands on a warm sunny day. The wine is redolent of orchard fruit, honey, dried apricot, saffron spice and waxy apple or pear. Background notes of baked terracotta, crushed rock and even a touch of brown sugar appear in moderation. This white wine has the texture and fiber to pair with fried chicken or filet di baccalà (codfish sticks).
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Made with Trebbiano, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Traminer and vinified in cement clayvers, this is almost an orange wine. Medium-bodied and smooth, with a glycerin-like texture, it has multifaceted aromas including honey, ripe grapefruit, lychee, Spanish broom and dried yellow stone fruit. The aromas carry over to the palate along with mineral, lemon drop candy and a yeasty whiff of bread dough. Tangy acidity lifts the rich flavors. It’s unusual, compelling and delicious.
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With hundreds of white grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended white wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used in white wine blends, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a variety that creates a soft and full-bodied white wine blend, like Chardonnay, would do well combined with one that is more fragrant and naturally high in acidity. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.
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