Tasting - Italian Sparkling Wine (Prosecco)

Name: Villa Jolanda Saint Valentine I love you

Variety: Glera Grapes from Italy (Prosecco)

Region: Italy 

Bottled: Piedmont, Italy

Country: Italy

Year: No year listed

Price: ~$16 from Vintage Cellar

Winery Review: (From online listing--I should've taken a photo of the tag in the Vintage Cellar) Light and bubbly, this sparkler charms everyone who raises a glass with its delicate fizz and aromas of lemon, pink grapefruit and white peach. The perfect way to say "I love you" to that special someone. Works great as an aperitif or with lighter fare. 

Wine Folly: This wine is labeled as Italian Sparkling, but through some reading, I found it is made with glera grapes used to make prosecco  (an Italian sparkling wine). pg 155 - prosecco has tasting notes of green apple/honeydew/pear/lager/cream. None of these match this wine's flavors other than the general tart flavors. 

My review: This was definitely a dry wine. I tried it twice on two different nights. I liked it better the second time because I was not caught off guard by how dry it was. I got it expecting to not like it because there were so many labels of "extra dry." I got it because I thought the bottle was super cute (I want to put a plant in it). I got lots of lemon flavor but couldn't taste much over the dryness. I can also tell there is grapefruit because it is a very tart wine. I liked it because it was not overly sweet. I prefer more acidic/tart flavors.