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This is a resource for people who want to buy an interesting bottle of wine on a budget of about $20. If you get lost between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and have access to a Dan Murphy's or Vintage Cellars (or Aldi, as of 2015!), you've come to the right place. Where possible, wines are listed with their single-bottle price from DM/VC/A and the winery's home page.

A good place to start is the 'Index', or if you know what type of wine you want, head straight to the 'Recommended Reds', 'Worthy Whites' or 'Stunning Sparklers' that only show 4 & 5☆ wines.

Your experience will be different to everyone else's, which makes wine such a pleasure. The same vintage wine at different ages will be distinct, as will the same aged wines from different vintages. What the glass holds is a unique parcel of time that should be enjoyed as such.

Saturday 1 October 2016

(S) Maschio: Valdobbiadene 2013 Prosecco Superiore DOCG, from Veneto, Italy

Appearance
Pale lemon with very fine bubbles.

Smell
Very faint aromas of blossoms & orchid fruits, however nothing jumps out of the glass.

Taste
Dry, however not as acidic as expected for a sparkling wine. Flavours of honey and orchard fruits (nashi pear & apples) limp aimlessly across the palate. A surprisingly flat mouthfeel rounds out an unexciting experience.

Tale
in 1973 Bonaventura Maschio converted his family's winery in northern Italy into a state-of-the-art wine producing facility. The success of this revitalised winery was such that Maschio Chardonnay & Pinot Rosa are now the 2 biggest selling wines in Italy. As a Prosecco, Glera is the sole grape variety used, which used to be called Prosecco until a name change in 2009.

This particular Prosecco DOCG is an acceptable & inoffensive wine that would be perfectly serviceable on a sunny afternoon. It's just not an exciting or distinctive example of what the Glera grape can produce.

Price: $15
Quality: ☆☆☆
Value:  ☆☆☆

www.cantinemaschio.com/en/sparkling-wines/valdobbiadene-docg/
www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_776571



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