Woman on Wine

Mediterranean Flavor

by Amy Reiley

I tend to eat a lot of Mediterranean foods in summer. Simple fish, meat and vegetable dishes seasoned with summer garden herbs suit me just fine. So it makes sense that Mediterranean wines would fit the bill as the thirst quencher of choice for a steamy, July evening. Here are a few choice numbers from an all-Italian wine tasting I attended last month in Beverly Hills (at a Lamborghini showroom, no less!)

Magda Pedrini
2009 Gavi di Gavi
Straw yellow in color, this wine brims over with fruit and floral notes yet maintains elegance. The finish has a bit of minerality as well as great length.

Drei Dona
2005 Pruno Sangiovese Riserva
Although it probably isn’t the winery’s finest wine, it is my personal favorite for its intriguing balance of masculine and feminine notes from tobacco and spice to rose petals and strawberries.

Cantine di Marzo
2009 Greco di Tufo
Straw yellow in color, this wine brims over with notes of fruits and flowers yet maintains elegance. The finish has a bit of minerality as well as great length.

Musella
2008 Vigne Nuove Valpolicella
If you like your wine “pretty,” you’re going to want to go to bed with this one. Think violets and rose petals in a glass.

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