Virtual Wine Tasting – Age-worthy Italian premium whites and reds | 26 May
Virtual Wine Tasting – Age-worthy Italian premium whites and reds | 26 May
£99.00
Enjoy premium Italian wines while learning new things! During this tasting we take a deep-dive into richly flavoured wines that are delicious now, but will also improve over time.
First, you’re invited to sip an age-worthy orange Arneis wine from Piemonte, and lean how unique winemaking techniques are used to craft this delicious wine suited for long ageing.
Next, you’ll learn the difference between the standard inexpensive Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC red wine, and the more prestigious wine from the same grape that comes from the Colline Teramane DOCG subzone of Abruzzo. Discover what characteristics help this wine to age and develop for a much longer time.
And finally, indulge yourself in a Decanter Silver Medal-winning Barolo. Find out how its dual vineyard origins – La Morra and Monforte d’Alba – contribute to the complex taste.
Join our wine tasting session led by Daniel Schlesinger – our wine expert certified by the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET)
Date: Thursday 26 May 2021 | Time: 6 pm | Duration: 1 hour | Software: Zoom
NB: Orders accepted until 2 days before the day of the event
Included in the ticket price:
1) One hour long Zoom tasting led by our wine expert
2) Guidance on how to taste wine – option to be paired off into private groups to discuss, have a chat, and have a drink!
3) Three full-size bottles of premium, award-winning wine delivered to your door anywhere in Mainland UK:
- Orlandi Contucci Ponno, La Regia Specula 2017 | Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOCG
Dry red wine with very concentrated flavours and aromas. Expect notes of like blueberry pie, white pepper and coconut. Aged for twelve months in oak – partly in 500-litre barrels of Slavonian oak, and partly in 2000-litre tonneaux – this is a premium dry red wine perfectly suited to age for 10-15 years.
- Demarie Sabbia | Orange wine | Oak Aged Arneis 2019
Pure Arneis orange wine fermented with the skins and aged in barriques. It offers flavours of apricot stone, marzipan cake and almonds. Sabbia is a boutique orange wine that has won high tasting scores from experts like James Suckling (92) and Jancis Robinson (16.5), because it’s totally delicious – and is designed for cellaring over 5-7 years.
- Francone Barolo 2016 | Barolo DOCG | La Morra and Monforte d’Alba
Crafted by an award-winning winemaker, this UK-exclusive Barolo is made from grapes grown at two cru vineyards: La Morra and Monforte
Invite your friends! Get the most out of the experience by bringing your friends along. We can put you into breakout rooms with your group so you can taste the wines together. Just come up with a fun (or not) team name and email daniel@independent.wine to let us know who will be joining your team.
NB: if you are ordering as a gift, please add their email address in the “order notes” so we can send them their Zoom Meeting invite.