An impromptu tasting at lunch

We went to lunch with a friend at which he was bringing some wines. When my wife arrived, someone else had been tasting wines which they were thinking of importing and brought along the unfinished bottles for everyone to chip in with their comments. Levorato is based in Riviera del Brenta between Padua and Venice and produces a large variety of wines from Sicily to Veneto.

Four wines were tasted, a Pinot Grigio della Venezia, a Merlot from Veneto, a Nerod'Avola from Sicily and a Primitivo from Salento. All were IGT wines. The Pinot Grigio was fair, but the Merlot was nothing to write home about. Both the Nero d'Avola and Primitivo were well wooded with enough fruit and acid to make the wines fairly well balanced. Just goes to confirm that indigenous grapes are a good bet for less known wines and appellations.