Tre Monti - 'Thea' Albana di Romagna Passito 2015

Tre Monti - 'Thea' Albana di Romagna Passito 2015

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"I'm in love - it is official! This has got to be one of the best passito-styled sweet wines I have tried. It is just layered with beautiful aromatics. We are talking baking spices, puff pastry, apricot jam, pear and frangipane tart, baked red apples and so much more! The palate is rich with sweetness and fruit ripeness but not too much sugar - just enough! Again that apricot and peachy goodness is found in lashings on the palate with an incredibly long finish."

 

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Tre Monti

It was in the 1970s when Thea and Sergio Navacchia decided that wine making was their destiny and passion. They quickly realised that in order to make this passion come true, they needed to partner up with some of the greats in the enology and viticultural fields across Italy. In walks Francesco Spagnolli and Vittorio Fiore who brought their joint enological backgrounds to this, now, top estate.

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Albana

Albana is the white grape sister to Lambrusco in the Emilia-Romagna region of central Italy. It isn't a massively popular grape but it has been around the block and is slowly finding more interest in the last few decades. Known for its its peach, nectarine, tropical and tangerine fruit flavours. Lovely as dry but comes alive as a sweet wine.

 

--------THE REGION--------

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia Romagna is a central region of Italy, just north of Tuscany. It is almost exclusively known as being the home of Lambrusco - the slightly sparkling red wine made from a grape of the same name.