Il Templare

Producer:
Montenidoli di Maria Elisabetta Fagiuoli
Region:
Tuscany
Grape:
Vernaccia (70%), Trebbiano gentile (20%), Malvasia Bianca (10%)
Classification:
IGT
Vintage:
2009
Capacity:
0.75 l

Dry white wine from the indigenous Tuscan grapes of Vernaccia, Trebbiano and Malvasia. The name Il Templar is the Italian for the Templar, the legend says that it was their favorite wine. An interesting combination of three varieties of Tuscan whites, matured for 12 months in small French oak barrels, results in a typical wine of the region, very pleasant to the taste and smell, to drink every day.

Details

Color: straw-yellow, lustrous.
Aroma: complex, rich.
Flavor: spicy, long felt in the mouth.
Food matching: very good for seafood, tuna and other marine fish, also with the fungi .
Serving temperature: 12°C.
Alcohol content: 13%.

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Aroma: notes of ripe fruit, dried fruit, honey.
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