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Last week while having a terrific dinner
at Biba in Sacramento,
the waitress surprised me with a glass of
Torcolato, an
Italian dessert wine. It's a wine proprietary to the Maculan winery,
2000 cases a year.
Torcolato is made in the recioto style - the grapes are allowed to dry on the vine, usually picking up some botrytis rot. The result is a sweet wine not unlike a Trockenbeerenauslese. My glass had a lovely balance between sweet and acid, without the heavy cloying botryized taste that Sauternes can have. Very nice. I know a fair amount about wine; it's nice to be surprised with something new. |
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