Nero D’avola, 2022, Cantine Paolini, Sicily Sparkling Wines

Nero D’avola, 2022, Cantine Paolini, Sicily Sparkling WinesThis wine is very modern in attitude so it avoids the 'dusty' tannins and 'jamminess' that can afflict the cheaper versions wines (caused by poor winemaking and not the grape's fault!) Lovely Mediterranean aromas of ripe berries and garrigue herbs are followed by flavours of sweet cassis, sloe and red cherry. Ripe, fine grained tannins give balance to the fruit so, yet again, this is another Italian red that hits top form with food.

you'll notice the bottle is without the fancy glass crest - and that's because it is only made for export

pork and meaty fish like tuna

their cellar is located between their two cru sites

This is the side project of Guillaume Gonnet (who also makes wine at Famille Gonnet) and his Australian wife Kelly

This Pétillant Naturel is an excellent choice for casual sipping or as an aperitif

but this wine is certainly not

grenache and tempranillo

Uncomplicated fun

characteristic of wood ripening

The ‘green’ refers to the lush

are we tasting some classy ones with nice tension in the fruit

5% new 80% French oak