Tasting Report: Prosecco Wines

Prosecco, the sparkling white wine produced in north-eastern Italy, is one of the hottest wine categories in the world at the moment and particularly in Asia. The small selection reviewed below is available in China and Thailand as well as North America.

Its popularity may be a result of its reasonable price compared to Champagne or other sparkling wines since it is usually half the price of Champagne and Italian sparkling wines. It also offers a unique drinking experience. Or maybe it’s because of the light and fresh style of Italy’s popular sparkling wine spumante. Plus, who doesn’t like a Bellini, the blend of prosecco and fresh peach juice?

Whatever the case, prosecco can be wonderful to drink, especially as an aperitif, if you know the right names. James tasted dozens of proseccos this summer in Italy, and there are quite a lot that are dry and refined, and not just run-of-the-mill sparklers. Producers such as Nino Franco, Zardetto, Silvano Follador and Pitars made some exciting proseccos. Get them!

The Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore X Extra Dry N.V. is one of the best proseccos James has tasted. It shows “what prosecco can be,” as James comments in the tasting note. The Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut N.V. is a great aperitif. Another example of excellent prosecco is Silvano Follador’s Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut Nature N.V. The wine has intense lemon and citrus notes, and is really a superb prosecco, writes James in the tasting note. 

Below are all the wines tasted by James this summer, arranged by scores; click on the names for tasting notes and scores. 

Photos from top to bottom: Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Vigneto della Riva di San Floriano 2014; Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Z Dry N.V. and Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore X Extra Dry N.V.; Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valbobbiadene Superiore Viti San Mor Brut 2014

1.Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut N.V. 2.Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Vigneto della Riva di San Floriano 2014 3.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Tre Venti Brut 2013 4.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore X Extra Dry N.V. 5.Silvano Follador Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut Nature N.V. 6.Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Primo Franco Dry 2014 7.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Refosso Brut 2013 8.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valbobbiadene Superiore Viti San Mor Brut 20149.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiandene Superiore Tre Venti Brut 2014 10.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Z Dry N.V.  11.Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Rustico N.V. 12.Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Extra Dry Orange Label N.V. 13.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Molin Extra Dry 2013 14.Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Brut Green Label N.V. 15.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiandene Superiore Cavalier Brut N.V. 16.Zardetto Prosecco Z Brut N.V.17.Pitars Prosecco Brut (Blue Bottle) 201418.Fantinel Prosecco Extra Dry N.V.19.Terre di San Venanzio Fortunato Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brun Demi Long N.V.20.Nino Franco Vino Spumante Grave di Stecca Brut 201121.Pitars Prosecco Extra Dry 201422.Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze 2013 23.Pitars Prosecco Brut N.V.24.Pitars Prosecco Extra Dry N.V.25.Zardetto Prosecco N.V.26.Zardetto Prosecco Trreviso Z Brut N.V.27.Terre di San Venanzio Fortunato Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Brut N.V.28.Fantinel Prosecco One and Only Single Vineyard Brut 201429.Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Rinassendo Extra Dry N.V.

 

 

Tasting Notes

Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore X Extra Dry
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Region Veneto
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Silvano Follador Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut Nature
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Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Vigneto della Riva di San Floriano 2014
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Tre Venti Brut 2013
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Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Primo Franco Dry 2014
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Refosso Brut 2013
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Viti San Mor Brut 2014
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Tre Venti Brut 2014
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Z Dry
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Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Extra Dry Orange Label
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Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brut
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Nino Franco Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Rustico
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore Molìn Extra Dry 2013
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Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Brut Green Label
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Zardetto Prosecco Superiore di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Cavalier Brut
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Pitars Prosecco Brut (Blue Bottle) 2014
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Region Veneto
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Fantinel Prosecco Extra Dry
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Terre di San Venanzio Fortunato Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore Brun Demi Long
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Nino Franco Vino Spumante Grave di Stecca Brut 2011
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Pitars Prosecco Brut
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Pitars Prosecco Extra Dry 2014
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Zardetto Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze 2013
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Pitars Prosecco Extra Dry
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Zardetto Prosecco

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Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Z Brut
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Terre di San Venanzio Fortunato Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Brut
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Fantinel Prosecco One and Only Single Vineyard Brut 2014
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Zardetto Prosecco Treviso Rinassendo Extra Dry
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