Featured Wines - March 2001

The 2000 Torreon de Paredes looks and acts like good white Bordeaux. Reminiscent of a fine Entre Deux Mers, this fresh, lively Sauvignon Blanc sports a pale yellow robe with a green hint. Fresh, tropical fruits: grapefruit, guava and pineapple, combine forces with light floral and herbal notes in this wine's beguiling bouquet. Grass, herbs and tropical fruits overlay crisp acidity in the mouth, giving this Torreon de Paredes a healthy balance-the...

Lacryma Christi (meaning tears of Christ), is Mastroberardino's most popular wine. Produced from 100% Piedirosso, the 1998 Lacryma Christi Rosso del Vesuvio is grown in the volcanic soil around Mount Vesuvius. The result is a dark, ruby wine that is both full-bodied and distinctively smooth. Characteristic of the finest Lacryma Christi from around the village of Boscotrecase, this wine exhibits the rich scent and flavor of black cherry, plum, spi...

The 1997 Torres Gran Sangre de Toro is a blend of 75% Garnacha and 25% Carinena that has spent a year in small oak barrels. This special bottling of Sangre de Toro, or "bull's blood", sports a deep, intense ruby robe with mahogany highlights. Aromatically, the wine is classically elegant with the scent of blackberry, cherry and jam over a cachet of spices, redolent with clove and black pepper with underlying hints of toasted oak mingled into the ...

Produced exclusively from the ancient Coda de Volpe varietal (which translates to "tail of the fox", a name coined by Pliny the Elder for the shape of the grape clusters) the 1998 Mastroberardino Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Bianco is a spicy, fruit-filled wine of great depth. Medium bodied with the aromas and flavors of honey, liquid minerals and piecrust, this Campanion beauty has been likened to an exquisite dry Riesling with a taste of the Med...