Wines of Cinque Terre

VERY important information...

These are the wines we will most often find in CT (the cheap, local table wines), with the first two the most common.

CINQUE TERRE
Color: Pale straw yellow with pale green reflections.
Bouquet: Subtle, delicate and persistent, with good finesse and elegance with clean scents of field grasses and cedar.
Taste: Dry, clear freshness, light and continuous.


SCIACCETRA  -- sweet (I think that none of us like sweet wine.)


COSTA DE CAMPU WINE OF MANAROLA
Color: Pale yellow with slight green hues, brilliant.
Bouquet: Broad, intense and finely persistent, with hints of lemongrass, Russet apple and resins.
Taste: Dry, but quite soft, fruity and good persistence.


COSTA DE SERA WINE OF RIOMAGGIORE
Color: straw with delicate golden hues, brilliant.
Bouquet: Intense and persistent, very fine, with hints of flowers and pleasant background of acacia honey.
Taste: Dry, good flavor, very persistent, harmonious and comprehensive structure with a pleasant and typical bitter aftertaste.


COSTA DA POSA WINE OF MANAROLA
Color: Straw yellow with golden hues, bright and good smoothness.
Bouquet: Of good intensity and gently persistent, with hints of cut hay, musk and flint.
Taste: Dry, balanced soft, at the same time nervous and of good continuity.