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Malvasia Bianca - California

Malvasia Bianca - California Wine Details
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Description: Bronze Medal Winner San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2005 *Bronze Medal San Francisco Bay Wine Competition 2005. This elegant vintage captures the varietals character perfectly with flavors of honey, peach, and ripe apricots. Everyone loves the sleek, cobalt blue bottle, so leave it out on display.

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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