White wines from the islands

Speaking of barbecues, grilled fish and shellfish represent a tasty alternative to meat. But unlike the latter, grilled fish expresses a rather wild nature that requires different attention when the time comes to choose the most suitable combination with wine. Developing a characteristic bitterish tendency in cooking, they require a soft wine that weakens it, but which also contrasts their intrinsic flavor, which responds well to their fatness, and with a structure that equates that of the fish or crustacean on duty, from sea bass to fish sword, from lobsters to prawns, to lobsters.
Type of wine
Red
Ageing in barrel
None
Body
Robust
Aroma
Spicy
Origin
Italy, Sicily
Ideal with
First courses, Grilled red meats, Aged cheeses
Quantity discount 30%
8.10 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  10.80 €/ℓ
for at least 6 bottles
 incl. VAT and taxes
Regular price: 11.50 €

That is to say, to accompany the fish, dry and characterful white wines, fairly mineral, with important acidity and intense aromas. If we focus on shellfish instead the choice falls on the more aromatic wines that balance the sweetness of the meats. Wines with the above characteristics can be found among the wines of the islands: Sicily and Sardinia above all, but also the Aeolian Islands or Pantelleria. Among the possible examples, Vermentino di Sardegna or Gallura, Etna Bianco, Ischia Biancolella, especially when they combine the characteristics listed above, pleasant citrus and herbaceous notes, or exotic fruit.

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