This is another wine I tasted at the same booth as the Cinque Terre wine I blogged about yesterday. Elba is the third largest Italian island after Sicily and Sardinia and some may remember this palindrome "Able was I ere I saw Elba" which highlighted one of its claims to fame - the island where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled the first time round.
Elba makes white, red and sweet wines, of which the last is their own version of vin santo. Red Elba wines include a minimu of 60% Sangiovese, ahilst white ones contain Ansonica, Trebbiano Toscano(locally called Brocanico) and Vermentino. This wine was a straw yellow, with a sweet fragrant fruity nose. The palate was slightly sweet, slightly fruity with a lemony acidity, giving way to an acidic backbone.
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