Last night’s taster was the Fiano Mandrarossa, Sicilia IGT, 2011 (£6.50 per bottle, £39.00 per case of 6).
The accompanying notes were quite detailed on this Sicilian wine. Apparently it’s produced by a cooperative in the hills around Menfi. Made from the fiano grape, the wine is sourced from dedicated vineyards using a computer-mapped traceability system. This is used to analyse sugar, tannin, and acidity to ensure that the grapes are picked at exactly the right time.
My first sip gave me a mouth full of acidity which was a bit of a shock and initially put me off. It does absolutely have the “hint of apricot and peach” as described which improved over time. I’m not sure whether the initial punch was due to what I’d been eating previously or if the wine wasn’t quite cold enough (it had been chilled for about 30min).
We were eating a chicken dish with a cream-based sauce and I found it to be an excellent accompaniment for that, with the fruit flavours and acidity helping to cut through the rich food. The Wine Society web site says it would go well with Spaghetti Puttanesca, Spanish Chicken Salad, or Macaroni Cheese, all of which I can see.
So a good wine to serve cold with rich food, but probably not something you’d want to have on its own.
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