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Wine Details
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Description:
It is so hard to pigeonhole
teenagers. One instant they
are cuddly and adorable, and
the next moment they have
discovered Gandhi or
macrobiotics or something and
are imposing upon themselves
the most rigid—though yes,
admirable—austerities. Just
when you think they might
become responsible adults, they
again metamorphose into lush
softies.
In the long, hot summer of
her 15th year, as the horse
latitudes extended into
Monterey County, little
Malvasia has acquired
something of a plush,
languorous, equatorial quality
courtesy of slightly higher
alcohol and touch less acidity
than normal. It is a style of
wine well suited to exotically
aromatized foods, like
Morrocan, Lebanese, Greek or
Indian cuisine. If structurally
the wine is a departure, the
familiar flavor signifiers are all
there to remind one of the
changeling in one’s glass: pink
grapefruit, litchi and pear along
with the vaguest, reposeinducing
suggestion of candied
ginger.
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Varietal Definition
Malvasia:
Semi-classic grape cepage of ancient, probably Greek, origin. Widely grown in Italy as distinctive area sub-varieties, such as Malvasia di Candia, Malvasia Istriana etc. Used to produce dry and sweet white, and light red, wines with high alcohol content and residual sugar. Also widely grown in Portugal and the island of Madeira where the important wine-name Malmsey is an English word corruption of Malvasia.
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