Cortona Chardonnay Il Marzocco 2001

Avignonesi (Italy)

Chardonnay (85%), Sauvignon Blanc (15%)
White Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

This wine shows an intense straw yellow color and nuances of greenish yellow, very transparent. The nose reveals good personality with intense, clean, pleasing and refined aromas which start with hints of plum and apple followed by aromas of banana, broom, pear, hazelnut, jasmine, hawthorn, honey, vanilla and hints of almond. In the mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a crisp attack and pleasing roundness, however balanced, good body, intense flavors, agreeable. The finish is persistent with flavors of apple, pear and hazelnut. A well made wine. Il Marzocco ages for 6 months in barrique and in bottle for 6 months.
Alcohol: 13%
Mushroom and fish soups, Roasted fish, Stuffed pasta with crustaceans and fish, Roasted white meat
Suggested glass	12 °C (53 °F)
(Bodied and Mature White Wines)
April 2004