Sunday, June 26, 2011

Saturday Night – a Sparkling Night with the In-laws – Part 2


The Astoria Prosecco was the other sparkling wine we had with the first course and it had a tough act to follow going against the Louis Roederer Champagne.


The nose on the Prosecco caught me off guard as cherry was the aroma we all first noticed which I didn’t expect on white wine, there was also violets and vanilla in the background as well. I actually liked the nose on the Prosecco more than the nose on the Champagne. The main flavours to the Prosecco were white grape juice and lemon. The structure on this wine wasn’t quite as nice as the Champagne as the acidity was lacking compare to it. It was good with both the crab dip and the shrimp cocktail but the Champagne was a much stronger pairing. While this wasn’t as good as the Champagne, it was a very nice wine.


Here is the group rating for the wine – Mick - 89, Mark - 88, Kathy – 87, Amy – 88, Overall – 88

Here is the LCBO information on this wine –

 ASTORIA PROSECCO LA ROBINIA

LCBO 593855
750 mL bottle
Price: $ 12.95
Wine, Sparkling Wine, White
11.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Sugar Content : 1
Made in: Region Not Specified, Italy
By: Astoria Vini

Tasting Note - Pale straw, light mousse; candied lemon, pear and apple aromas; dry, elegant with simple fruit flavours.

Serving Suggestion - As an apperitif, with light soups, appetizers, the perfect toasting bubbly at parties.

I honestly didn’t know the price on the wine until I looked it up just now as the bottle I used had been on the wine rack for a while. I assumed this was in the $17-20 price point. At $13 this sparkling wine is a great deal. It wasn’t as good as $68 Champagne but on the other hand it was nice and easy drinking and went nicely with the food so I will be picking up a couple more bottles of this one too.

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