Ischia (Campania)

Biancolella

White Wine

Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows a brilliant straw yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of apple, pear and broom followed by aromas of hawthorn, banana, plum and hints of elder and aniseed. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however well balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of apple and plum.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Mushroom soups, Pasta and risotto with fish and crustaceans, Broiled fish

Suggested glass

10 °C
(50 °F)

(Young and Crisp White Wines)

July 2004

Casa D'Ambra (Italy)

Ischia (Campania)

Forastera

White Wine

Score: ✧✧✧✧❂

This wine shows an intense straw yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of pear and grapefruit followed by aromas of citrus fruit, hawthorn, broom, apple and plum. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and pleasing sapidity, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of apple, pear and plum.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Broiled fish, Pasta and risotto with fish and vegetables, Sauteed fish

Suggested glass

10 °C
(50 °F)

(Young and Crisp White Wines)

Issue 22, September 2004

Ischia Rosso Riserva Mario D'Ambra 2000

Casa D'Ambra (Italy)

Ischia (Campania)

Guarnaccia (50%), Piedirosso (Per' 'e Palummo) (50%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of plum and black cherry followed by aromas of blackberry, licorice, violet, tobacco, vanilla and hints of cocoa and cinnamon. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a slightly tannic attack and pleasing roundness, however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, good tannins. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum and black cherry. A well made wine. This reserve is aged in cask.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Broiled meat and barbecue, Stewed meat with mushrooms, Roasted meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)

Issue 22, September 2004

Casa D'Ambra

Campania (Italy)

Ischia Biancolella Tenuta Frassitelli 2003

Casa D'Ambra (Italy)

Ischia Forastera Euposia 2003

Casa D'Ambra (Italy)

Ischia Rosso Riserva Mario D'Ambra 2000

Casa D'Ambra (Italy)