2009 October Wine Club Reserve Selection
Despite the fact that Campania has been producing wine grapes since well before Vesuvius buried Pompeii (79 A.D., history buffs), it wasn't until recently that the grape-growers here began holding on to their grapes for local winemaking rather than selling them to larger cooperatives for blending up North. And I, for one, am glad that small wineries like Mustilli have decided that a white grape like Falanghina deserves to be bottled on its own. "Falanghina is easy to drink, a delicate flavor,soft and elegant," says winemaker Anna Chiara Mustilli in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle. "It should never be blended, or you lose the delicacy." Mustilli's 100% Falanghina is at once light and lush, with flavors of apple, almond and nutmeg that are absolutely perfect for Autumn and complement simple, fresh pizza Margherita like no other.
