Corked? Santa Maria La Palma Aragosta Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
Posted on June 27th, 2008
Saved in White wine, €10-€15
- Smelled of: absolutely nothing
- Tasted of: very little, but quite fizzy
- Conclusion: corked or oxidised? Not sure (can anyone tell me?)
if it was fizzy, might it have been a secondary fermentation
well, at least the bottle is lovely
Hi Rob,
is that a secondary fermentation in the bottle?
How does that happen?
Lar
Secondary fermentation in the bottle, where its a fault and not part of the wine making process (eg. Champgne), can result from contamination in the bottling line.
If it was corked you would have known from the smell. Vermentino should have had some inkling of aroma and at the very least some lemony flavour. Was the fizz, fizz like champagne or a spritz? A little spritz Co2 could be intentional to give the wine a freshness…
Hi Andrew,
I guess it must have been a secondary fermentation – no aroma or flavour at all – for either of us.
The fizz was probably more of a spritz, like a carbonated water – San Pellegrino comes to mind, but that has more flavour.
Lar
Interesting, Asimov recommended this in the NYT. Where did you happen upon it here?
Hi Citty Kitty,
I got it in Fresh, Smithfield, D7 though I’ve seen it in other places since.
Lar
Hi, I live in Italy, this wine costs here 3-4 EUR and considered like a simple, cheap table wine…. please note that until they import it into your country they can multiply the price so if it costs 15 EUR it does not necessarily means that it is of this quality…
I live in Sardinia and can agree with grapejuice. Santa Maria La Palma does some really great stuff at around 10-12 euros (their Chardonnay and Cagnulari are two especially good ones for the money). Aragosta goes for about 4 euros in the supermarket and it’s pretty basic although I can say that Sardinians usually rate it highly. One of S.M.L.Palma’s Cannonaus, Le Bombarde, is really excellent at under 5 euros a bottle; you should try that if you can find it.