Contessa Entellina Chiarandà 2002

Donnafugata (Italy)

Contessa Entellina (Sicily)

Chardonnay (50%), Ansonica (50%)
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows a pale golden yellow color and nuances of straw yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals intense, clean and pleasing aromas which start with hints of plum and vanilla followed by aromas of banana, hawthorn, toffee, orange, almond, quince jam, apple, honey and ripe peach. 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, plum and almond. A well made wine. Chiarandà ages for 6 months in barrique followed by at least 6 months of aging in bottle.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Roasted fish, Stuffed pasta with mushrooms, Roasted white meat, Stewed fish

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)

Issue 25, December 2004

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