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| 75 | | | 92 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | The advantage to sparkling wines is that they are able to operate as palate cleansers, no matter what goes on the table. The high acidity--grapes are usually picked at low degrees brix, ensuring high acidity--and refreshing character enable them to accompany a wide range of foods. And if they're pink, so much the better. The Alma Negra Brut Rosé is a medium-bodied sparkling wine based on the Malbec grape, Argentina's icon varietal. Fine eye appeal is thanks to a bright salmon pink color. Lovely, lively, clean aromas of red fruits, especially strawberry and other red fruits, with a whiff of toastiness. Flavors capture strawberry and a hint of aromatic brown spice. Lingering in the finish, this well-balanced wine can see dinner through from start to turkey, although we'd not suggest it for dessert as it's too dry. This one is done in the traditional method, in stainless steel, with 12 months bottle age before release. Serve well chilled, about 45°F/7°C in tulip-shaped Champagne flutes. Start the meal with some crawfish cakes or grilled bacon-wrapped scallops with rémoulade sauce; crab or shrimp Louie; roast turkey with sausage stuffing; Cajun deep-fried turkey; roast duck or Cornish hen. Honestly, go lazy and pick up some Picadilly roast turkey with cornbread dressing, standard yellow turkey gravy, standard cranberry sauce, that wonderful carrot soufflé they turn out, and watch this go with every bite--as I just did. The 2007 vintage is released and in the warehouse.
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Atlanta Wholesale Wine/NDC | 10/01/2008 |
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