Prosecco is one of the most inexpensive choices on the market when shopping for sparkling wines, and that’s doesn’t mean you can’t also get good value or quality. This week we explore the four main ways Prosecco differs from most other sparkling wines, most notably, the Charmat method or ‘”tank method” in which it is made.
In the tip of the week, what wine should you give someone when you don’t know what they like to drink? (and why Prosecco is the answer).
Link to Episode #14 on Corvina and Italian designations: Corvina: the varietal of Valpolicella wines and understanding Italian labels: Wine #14 of 52
Link to Episode #9 on Champagne and the sweet to dry scale: What IS Champagne? And how to pick a bottle of sparkling wine. Wine #9 of 52
Link to Episode #8 on Cava and how to open a bottle of sparkling wine: Tasting Cava Wines AND How to Open Sparkling Wines Properly: Wine #8 of 52
This Week’s Wine:
Masottina Prosecco DOC
Brut, Non-Vintage (NV)
$12.99
11% ABV
The wine is pale lemon in color. It has fine, slow moving bubbles.
It has aromas of honeysuckle, pear, green apple, lemon, melon.
It is off-dry, with medium+ acidity, medium-low alcohol, medium-low body, medium finish.
It has medium intensity primary flavors of pear, yellow apple, some melon and a hint of creamy vanilla.
The wine is crisp and refreshing, well balanced, not much complexity or intensity, with good length; its very enjoyable.
A good value and scored 6 out of 10 points
If using this to make Mimosas use a 2:1 ratio of Prosecco to juice.
Start 0:00
About Prosecco 0:18
Tasting Prosecco 5:33
Scoring and Food Pairing 8:01
Tip of the Week 11:50
Coming up Next 13:10