Colli Martani Grechetto Grecante 2005

Arnaldo Caprai (Italy)

Grechetto
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✭

Grecante shows an intense greenish yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose denotes intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas that start with hints of pear, peach and hazelnut followed by aromas of apple, hawthorn, broom and pineapple. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and however balanced by alcohol, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of pear, peach and pineapple. Grecante ages for 3 months in steel tanks followed by 2 months of aging in bottle.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Pasta with fish and crustaceans, Sauteed fish, Sauteed white meat
Suggested glass	10 °C (50 °F)
(Young and Crisp White Wines)
Issue 42, June 2006