The Wine: Prosseco
The Price: $13.99 (marked down from $19.99)
As the holidays approach, I thought I would take time to review a few sparkling wines. This is partly selfish - I like to serve sparkling white wine throughout the holiday season, so this is a great opportunity for me to sample some wines before serving them to others.
La Marca is an Italian winery, thus it is a sparkling white, not a Champagne. The Prosseco wines are named for the grapes from which they are made. They are generally less complex than Champagne.
The wine is a very pale straw color. It has steady streams of bubbles bursting forth, creating a thin layer of froth on the surface of the wine.
The wine has aromas of apples, pears and peaches. It has a very crisp apple flavor with a peach undertone. It has a bit of a creamy feel to it. It's a good wine, but not a great one.
While I like this wine, and it is interesting, this one won't see my table this holiday season. For the price of one bottle, I could pick up two bottles of more enjoyable local sparkling white wine.
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