Antinori Bianco Toscana Trebbiano Malvasia 2005/06 Tuscany Region Italy 750ml x 12 : Antinori Bianco Toscana Trebbiano Malvasia blend was helped with the heavy rain in autumn 2003 enabled the soil layers to restabilize after the testing summer drought. The winter was cold and rainy with repeated fairly heavy snowfall. Thanks to the weather conditions, budbreak was delayed by 10-15 days even for more precocious varieties. During flowering and fruit-set, the weather was remarkably wet and cool (the lowest temperatures in the last 3-4 years). The vegetation developed well although with consistent delay through to veraison and ripening of the grapes. Intense pre-harvest selection was necessary because the weather conditions caused over-production. Lastly, the harvest began a couple of weeks later than average, when the grapes were perfectly healthy and ripe and showed a perfect balance of quantity and quality. The taste is a straw-yellow colour; intense nose with hints of spring flowers; soft and fresh on the palate with a good lingering, aromatic flavour
