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By Pietro Cinti
Can we talk about wines with an
alcohol content below 10 degrees? Just
ten years ago this would have seemed
heretical sentence. In a race to the
top, the international wine world
and taste of the average consumer
has gradually shifted toward higher
alcohol content labels, structured
wines with aging in wood to give the
unmistakable hallmark. Anyway, this
ride up alcohol was the result not
only of the change in the taste of the
wine drinker or production policies/
targeted marketing but also caused
by global warming, which affects the
wine-making in areas traditionally
suited raising the sugar content
grapes and increasing the speed of
aging, conditions that increase the
“heat” of the contents of the bottle.
In fact, this phenomenon has as
its counterpart a negative attitude
increasingly critical towards the
consumption of alcohol, which is
considered unhealthy, not in line with
a active lifestyle and sports, thwarted
in Italy from the tightening penalties
for driving with a blood alcohol level
greater than 0.5 g / liter.
Obvious that in a situation of this
type, manufacturers are running
for cover proposing bottles with
an alcohol content of around
10%. Bottles designed for summer
consumption, or for a young female
audience, or for occasional drinkers,
and after a couple of glasses can
start driving without incurring
penalties. But how do you get a low-
alcohol level wines? Raising yields,
anticipating the harvest or by using
mechanical separation. The result is
fresh wines, unless expressed, that
will definitely make the purists turn
up their noses, but they have great
potential, at least on the international
market. According to data from
the UK, in fact, the segment of low
alcohol wines in 2013 grew by 83%
and now accounts for 1% of the wine
market across the Channel. But,
according to analysts, this share is
expected to grow in a range between
3 and 10% in other countries, led by
Germany.
Cantina Tollo
Seipercento
75% Montepulciano grapes and 25%
Merlot, maceration and fermentation
partially blocked. Color: red color
with bright purple hews.
Aroma: intensely fruity with notes of
berries, strawberry, blackberry and
blueberry.
Flavor: fragrant, soft, fresh and fruity
and lively on the palate.
Alcohol% Vol 6
Pairings: it is ideal for an aperitif or
a sweet or savory snacks. Great with
pizza as well.
Pojer and Sandri
Filii (White Dolomites)
From Riesling grapes, Muller Thurga,
Kerner and Crossing Manzon, wine,
straw-yellow color with green
highlights.
Slightly aromatic, vegetable:
lemongrass; floral: elderflower; fruit:
peach shades more tropical.
Alcohol content 9.5% vol
Pairings
The fresh aromatic notes and the
low alcohol 9.5 ° characterize it as
an aperitif and fellow appetizers and
delicate
Cantina del Vermentino Monti
Freely
100% Vermentino: straw-yellow wine
with greenish reflections; delicate
floral aromas and persistent; fresh
and harmonious flavor. Alcohol% Vol
9
Pairings
Grilled fish or salt, sushi, shellfish
steamed.
Astoria Wines
9.5 Cold Wine Brut Sparkling Wine
Prosecco and Chardonnay grapes
fermented at low temperature, has
very fine and persistent pelage. Color:
straw yellow with greenish hues,
ethereal, delicate and very personal
with strong aromatic note. Taste: full,
harmonious, dry place. Alcohol 9-10%
Vol
Pairings
From spritz consumption throughout
the meal
Perlage Wines
PerlApp Rosé Extra Dry
Merlot (70%) and Sangiovese (30%),
from organic vineyards, is produced
by Charmat, sparkling wine pink
tending to cherry, with a fruity
aroma, fine and delicate taste and dry,
with a final tannic. Alcohol 10.5% vol
Pairings
Aperitif in the summer, with snacks,
seafood and cheese
Lamberti
Ten Rosé delle Venezie IGT
From grapes Corvina, Rondinella,
merlot; wine of pale pink color; Fresh
aromas with strong notes of cherry
and rose; taste fresh, and very fruity,
with a slight sour note though politely
harmonic
Pairings
Appetizers, first courses, white meats,
salads, pizza, soft cheeses, Indian
cuisine
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