D'Araprì Riserva Nobile 1999

D'Araprì (Italy)

(Apulia)

Bombino Bianco
Sparkling Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows a brilliant straw yellow color and nuances of straw yellow, good effervescence and foam, fine and persistent perlage. The nose reveals clean, delicate, pleasing and elegant aromas which start with pear and apple followed by banana, hawthorn, hazelnut and vanilla as well as hints of bread crust, yeast and honey. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp and soft attack with good effervescence and good balance, intense flavors, good body and agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of apple and pear. The base wine used for the production of this sparkling wine ferments in barrique and ages in bottle on the lees for at least 48 months.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Roasted fish, Pasta and risotto with fish, Crustaceans, Fish soups

Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Mature and Vintage Classic Method Sparkling Wines)

Issue 13, November 2003

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