Seghesio Arneis 2006
Ché idiot! I actually blamed the corkscrew for being too dull to pierce the plastic wrap over the cork (there’s probably a name for that) but after the second corkscrew couldn’t pierce it I realized I was trying to slice through the aluminum cap. And it’s not like I haven’t opened a bunch of screw caps before.
I didn’t take any notes, including the vintage, the first time I tried this wine but I liked it. The second bottle, a 2002, sucked. Oddly, I forgot the second taste and remembered the first so I bought a couple bottles of the 2006 the other day. It’s very nice and interesting. It’s much paler than I remember — almost clear! A bitter nose of white pepper with tastes of white peach, nutty pear and melon and prosciutto — honestly, that last one is the best descriptor I can think of. Not that it would go with Prosciutto con il Melone but that it tastes like it. It’s delicately sweet and appropriate as an apéritif.
Four thumbs up (Mrs. Dink shares my enthusiasm).
$15, Tower
update - 03-11 - Two days later, the wine doesn’t hold up. The meaning of the grape name, “little rascal,” purportedly is due to the difficulty of growing this grape but I have to wonder if it might also be referencing a grape that doesn’t age well. The flavors are now being intimidated by the high alcohol (14.3 or 14.5 % (my aging eyes can’t be sure)). It was sealed up tight and refrigerated but still degraded quickly. Note to self: buy it again if you like but drink it quickly.
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