Vintage Cellar Tasting - Cortenova

• Name: Cortenova
• Variety: Pinot grigio
• Region: Veneto
• Country: Italy
• Year: 2012
• Price: $7.95
• Shop Review: Brilliant straw color with emerald reflections.  Fresh and floaral bouquet with a hint of pears, apricots, and bananas.  Fresh and inviting with bright fruit and an easy drinking style with a pleasing hint of almonds in the aftertaste.  Pairs well with seafood dishes, risottos with scampi, spaghetti with clams, sole in white wine.  Perfect also as an aperitif.
• My Review: This wine is pretty much straight up, see-through clear.  I don't know what they are talking about "brilliant straw color with emerald reflections" cause it AIN'T!  Whatever, when I first smelled this wine for some reason it brought me straight to a campfire, and roasting marshmellows.  Seriously, it's weird, I don't get it either, cause it's totally a fruity, light wine, but I just thought of roasty and  marshmellows.  But as soon as I tasted it that all went away; the flavors were fruity with pears and some other good flavors that made it light and tastey.  It was also very soury and made my mouth pucker, which is a good thing to me.  I bought this wine cause it was interesting and different and I liked it too.
• No food, rush hour time.