This is one of those affordable and essential wines you will want to keep on hand at all times. It is a blend of three vineyards in Friuli - one is colder, so it contributes mouth-watering acidity¸ one is hotter, so it brings great fruit and texture, and one is from old vines whose deep roots give the wine minerality and complexity. The winemakers use no oak, resulting in a clean and refreshing wine that pairs perfectly with lighter dishes such as tuna salad¸ cured meats and simply poached or grilled fish. Toss in some fresh herbs to act as a bridge to the wine's minerality and you'll be in heaven.
I love this wine almost as much as the story behind it. It's a bit long, so here's my synopsis:
Once upon a time, there was a guy named Bobby Stuckey. We'll skip his early years (sound of pages flipping), and pick up his story at the time he had completed his Master Sommelier certification and was working at the French Laundry, the restaurant some believe to be America's best. Eventually, Bobby left Napa for Boulder, CO, where he opens a restaurant called Frasca. Many awards are earned.
Frasca features the food and wine of Northern Italy's Friuli region, so it seemed natural for Bobby and his partner, Lochlan Mackinnon-Patterson, to begin making and importing their own Friulian wine. Thus was born the Scarpetta label.
But that's not the end of the story. Not quite yet... You have probably known the sort of office setting where a boss takes his/her team to an annual Holiday Happy Hour, where awkward conversation interrupts the moments of strained silence until the requisite amount of time has passed before everyone can leave for home? It's like a scene from The Office, except its real. Well, the folks at Frasca don't do it that way. Every year, they take their crew to Friuli to participate in the harvest and production of the Scarpetta wines and, of course, to get their fill of Northern Italian food and wine.
Can you imagine how much enthusiasm for the house wine this experience creates among the staff members?! Perhaps because of this brilliant move, and the exposure of these wines to a broad range of travelers, the Scarpetta wines are gaining fans at fine Wine Merchants in several selected states. I am very pleased to be one of them.
Cheers,
Dave "the Wine Merchant" Chambers
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