(2015) A new own-label Prosecco for Tanners wine merchants, and quite a different beast from the Filipetti: a similar steady stream of good, small bubbles, but the nose is much more subdued, less flowery, but the real difference is on the palate which is very much drier in comparison, more focused on fine apple fruit, with a long and well-balanced finish. In pure wine terms, a superior product, but also more to my taste I confess.
(2014) Made from the Glera grape blended with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Since 2009 rosé wines cannot be classed as Prosecco. Soft strawberry pink with lovely fresh summery fruit aromas and a touch of the floral aspect and pears again. The 14g/l dosage does give a suggestion of sweetness, making this soft and very easy to drink.
(2014) 36 months ageing on the lees and 12% abv for this blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Lots of vanilla and brioche richness here, quite a rich style on the palate too, with plenty of ripeness to the fruit and a buttery component. Ultimately quite simple, but balanced and richly appealing.
(2014) 100% Pinot that spends 36 months on the lees. A touch of copper to the colour, perhaps onion skin. Quite an oxidised style, a touch of mushroomy quality and yeasty. Really nice red fruit component and has a fine savoury aspect with lovely balance.
(2014) Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that spends a minimum of 60 months in bottle. Nice hint of development, with again that buttery component and some toast. Nice sense of development in the mouth too with vanilla richness and a lightly foamy mousse. Lovely creamy weight and sense of fruit ripeness.
(2014) 60 months on the lees, a blend of Pinot and Chardonnay, the latter fermented in barrique. That component has added a creaminess and almond quality, with toast and a touch of developed yeastiness and lightly earthy aspect. The palate has a delightful fresh lemon juiciness, with lovely length, then the cream and nuttiness adding more richness.
(2014) From the flat area outside of the Valdobbiadene-Conigliano DOCG area. Soft and pear-droppy aromas, with a lemon sherbet freshness and touch of leafy herbs that's very attractive. Gentle mousse, abundantly fresh with tangy lemon flavours and more of that fresh pear. Good acidity. 14g/l.
(2014) Bottled under screwcap at a lower pressure, and with only 10% alcohol by volume, this delicately effervescent wine has a similar pear-fruited aroma and pleasant sherbetty fizz in the mouth. Again, super-fresh, just a hint of being off-dry, but lots of cleansing, fresh acidity to finish.
(2014) 10g/l dosage for this DOCG wine which is slightly more intense, slightly more pungent and crisp on the nose, but perhaps not the floral exuberance of the first wine. The palate is dry with a touch of bittersweet endive bite. Racy and fresh with a core of mouth-watering acidity but enough of that pear skin grip.
(2014) There's 17g/l dosage in this sweeter style Prosecco. More aromatic again, the floral aspects leaping out of the glass, with lots of fresh cut pear and peach. Seems more effervescent, a lively aspect to the mousse, with a mouth-filling richness and a peach flesh softness and hint of sweetness, but again that hint of chicory bite to the acidity that keeps it fresh.
