Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Dry scored by Michael Franz: Drusian, Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Dry: Finished with just 12 or 13 grams of residual sugar rather than the 17 or so that is conventional for Extra Dry wines from the DOCG district, this is an exemplary wine that achieves something very rare: A level of generosity and even luxuriousness generally found only in overtly sweet Cartizze bottlings, but with a much lower level of sugar that makes this far more broadly useful as an aperitif or a partner for foods. A cold, slow second fermentation seems important as an explanatory factor behind the wine’s unusual character, which is marked texturally and even visually by exceptionally fine-grained bubbles. This delicate, creamy effervescence lends an opulent character to the wine without the confining sweetness that other producers often employ to achieve a similar effect. Although there’s a similarity between the two styles, they are not the same, with the key difference that a drier wine like this will prove more enduringly interesting and far less tiring to drink over time. 92
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:22:02 +0000