As the title says, a tasting of native grapes of Italy was done and well recorded.

1. Challenging Italian white wine tasting
It could be so dramatic to do an Italian wine blind tasting. As simply you will be
cast away in the complex of countless Italian native grapes. I moved to Italy in
2015 for an MBA study on food & wine, part of the reason is that blind tasting
could be so frustrating and I wish to go to the other side of wine industry, in
another word, to avoid blind tasting. However, things never turn out to be what
you'd expect. I end up working with a major wine exhibition planner and even
bestowed a title "Italian Wine Ambassador" after passing a high failing rate
exam concurrently with Vinitaly 2016.
So, back to the wine world. Guess I have just to push myself a bit more to
confront my fear and restlessness about blind wine tasting. Of course, while I
am typing, I unveiled the foil covered the bottle, thus, peacefully talking about
these incredible wines.
First of all, we got a sparkling wine quite mature, the bubbles are fine and
consistent, implying a delicate "sur lie" aging period. With the bunch of nut
flavor. And right behind the nuts, you can have a tiny piece of apple and
probably will remind you of Franciacorta, but in reality, it's not. On the palate,
like I am mining, so mineral, rounded, juicy, the nutty flavor still quite prominent.
Just missing a little bit more acidity here to support the structure. It's 2003
vintage Cortese sparkling brut vinified by Soldati LaScolca, a winery about to
celebrate its 100th anniversary. Surprisingly well preserved, when my colleague
uncorked it, the liquid was propelled out. This Soldati LaScolca D'antan can
certainly comfort your stressful nerve after a day's work. The price is around 55
Euros per bottle, not very accessible, though.
Come the second, a nice white wine with a light straw color, clear and bright,
certainly is very young judging by the color. The tropical notes and heavy
texture will all the way lead you to the south. It's a Catarratto wine from one

2. of the beautiful islands, Sicilia. The producer Donna Fugata is never failing us
with its label design, certainly, the quality of wine is consistent with the graphics.
Priced at 10 euros, a smart table wine choice.
Third, the wine is clearly more powerful version than the previous two. Almost
a golden color, it has a dominant peach aroma, deep down, it reminds me of
honey. When you taste it, it's dry with fresh acidity to make the mouth water. A
hint of bitterness, pleasant though, indicating probably the wine is abundant
with phenolics. The wine has a medium high body, could really go well with my
favorite Lanzhou noodles. It's a Greco di Tufo wine produced from one of the
two grand crus, Tufo. The another one is San Paolina.
The white wines are not necessarily those fruit bombs, Italy is certainly a place
for you to open mind and get surprised. Hopefully, I will be able to update the
red wine taste notes.