Name: Barone Fini Valdadige Pinot Grigio
Variety: 100% Pinot Grigio
Region: Mezzocorona
Country: Italy
Year: 2010
Price: $10
Winery Review: Appley and slightly sweet smelling with notes of mint and orange, adding some complexity. This is fairly round on entry with just enough RS to add that soft edge and reinforce the deeply fruity nature of this wine. There’s a lot to like here. Though the wine does lack some crispness, it delivers plenty of peachy fruit with a light hint of orange and enough acidity to keep this fresh. There’s not much of a finish beyond that acid zing, but this is fun. 86pts
My Review: This Pinot Grigio was light and citrusy on the nose with pale yellow coloring with visible bubbles to express the airiness of the wine. I tried this wine at the Total Wine & More store, which is a large grocery sized warehouse with an enormous selection of wines and beers from local and international distributors. Unlike the Vintage Cellar, the free wine tasting uses disposable miniature cups to pour the wine into. Clearly this isn't the ideal container for wine and it showed when I was tasting it. However, what I could detect was rather plesant to my senses. On the palate I enjoyed hints of sour green apple and refreshing orange that complimented this light bodied white wine. I had to search a little before I could truly discover these wonderful flavors, but I'm not sure if that's due to the container or if the wine lacks crispness. I did buy this wine so I'm looking forward to trying it again in a proper glass container.
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