Le Masserie Torcuddia
Monday, September 15th, 2008 | Wine
Salice Salentino, what a taste. A dry vibrant experience, that first moved me our last trip to Rome.
We had this wine in a wonderful resturant with pasta, pizza and salad. It was wonderful with all three parings and it was a fabulous meal and wine.
The wine reviewed is a
La Masserie Torcuddia Salice Salentino Riserva 2005
Color
The color is a beautiful rich garnet color flecked with plum highlights.
Smell
The smell is fresh and upon breathing in with your mouth and nose in glass you will encounter a cool breath in. It is wonderful. You will be faced with a slightly woodsy and vernal scent. After a half an hour a cherry note appears in the scent.
Taste
This wine is so wonderful because it really tingles the palate. The wine has a slightly bitter taste that adds to the depth and intensity to the flavor. The wine is a nice dry wine, but it is not too dry. You notice it being a dry wine but you do not feel parched after drinking.
Paring
We as I mentioned before pared this with pasta, pizza. Suggested pasta parings would be Pesto or Gnocchi. The cheeses it would work well with this wine are Parmesan, Gorgonzola, Ricotta and Romano.
Overall I give this wine a 16.
When we look at wines we take into account the color, smell, taste and feel. The top score is 20.
Color-4
Smell-4
Taste-4
Feel-4