Category: Sparkling Wine
Varietal: Brachetto
Region: Italy-Piedmont-Brachetto d'Acqui
Producer: Castello Banfi
A wine snob I am not. However, once you've had this sparkling wine, you could, from that point on, reject all others because of how good it is. My cousin and I were at a wine tasting/fundraiser last year, and they supplied us with ranking cards. This was clearly the crowd favorite. It possesses all that's good about bubbly--fruity, light, carbonated, etc.
Here's their description:
On its own Rosa Regale is an elegant aperitif. Its fruity character beguiles the heat of spicy Asian and Latino fare, and its gentle acidity is an ideal foil to the piquant richness of goat cheese, especially in a spring mix salad with almonds and cranberries. Quiches, glazed hams, beets, vichyssoise, gazpacho, chowders and even the myriad of flavors at Thanksgiving dinner, all traditionally challenging wine matches, are enchanted by Rosa Regale. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, trifles and hazelnut tortes are all elevated by this frothy wine.
It's a bit on the pricey side: about $27. I am willing to overlook that for special occasions, however :)
