This week's wine is Viansa's 2004 Athena. Here's the description: crafted with 100% Dolcetto grapes, a varietal native to northern Italy, our "Athena" Dolcetto is a fruity delight and a friendly spring and summer wine with notes of raspberry, strawberry and sweet cherry. This wine has an inviting high fruity-ness and low tannin, with a soft and supple mouth-feel, making it ideal for early consumption. This is a remarkably food friendly wine as well as a good "bridge wine" for those just learning to appreciate red wines or even of white wine aficionados. We recommend chilling "Athena" slightly before serving for added enjoyment. "Athena" is an apt symbol for Viansa and this Viansa wine. She is the Goddess of many of our virtues. Our ancestral mythology honors her as the symbol of wisdom and victory for her efforts toward making the world a better place. Many people associate red wines with aggressive characteristics, but this fruity and deceptively friendly wine is, like her, not to be judged by its exterior.
It costs about $20, and it is quite tasty- not at all heavy. Good for this time of year!
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