Ruffino: Orvieto Classico 2010

Ruffino Orvieto Classico 2010

Ruffino
Orvieto Classico 2010
Orvieto, Italy
A blend of Grechetto and Trebbiano Grapes
10.00 USD

Brilliant straw yellow. The bouquet is very plesant and fragrant, characterized by neat sensations of citrus ftuits and golden apples, on a flowery background that reminds fresh hints of meadow flowers and a persistent vegetal note of sage.

At the palate firstly stands out an excellent freshness, well balanced by a pleasant roundness, featured by notes of meadow flowers and golden apples. The aftertaste is long and fragrant, with hits of fresh almond. (wine maker's notes from wine.com)

Last Friday evening my best friend (Derek), girlfriend (Marie), and I began our evening with a beer tasting at the Vintage Cellar.  We bought a couple bottles of wine afterwards to celebrate our new tradition of "Wine Fridays."  We began with this bottle of Orvieto Classico, accompained with an Australian cheddar, a French loaf, and olive oil.  I couldn't really discern a particular smell from the wine but I was struck by strong citrus and fruit flavors when I tasted it.  Unfortunately I still can't specify any particular fruits but apparently, according to wine.com, I was supposed to be tasting some golden apples.  Chalk it up to inexperience, I guess.  However I did note that the wine was very crisp at the beginning but smoothed out toward the middle and end.  When tasted with the cheddar and bread I found the wine to be more crisp than before.