Muscanti

Name: Muscanti
Variety: Spanish sparkling wine
             Cava Grapes/Brut
Region:  Girona 
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Price: $7.95


Winery Review: Lemon blossoms, green apple, toast and honeydew melon are front and center in this crisp refreshing Spanish Sparkler. Silky supple with lingering flavors, yet a tingle of citric acid on the finish. A combination of traditional cava grapes but this wine is not made in the traditional méthode champenoise (which is required by Spanish law to be called Cava). This is made with the Charmat process so this wine may only be called ‘Spanish sparkling wine’ 


My Review: I love sparkling wines so this was right up my ally, and white wines are my preference so even better. On the noes. I got a strong smell of apples. Also the wine smelt sugary and sweet, but I know that has nothing to do with describing the taste. The bottle contained 11.5% alcohol so I thought it would be acidic. On the tongue the wine was bubbly but smooth. I did not detect the "Silky" mouth feel described in the wine. There was a taste of tart Granny Smith Apples and that was the only thing I could really detect. I also thought the wine was overwhelmingly acidic.