Tasting: Little Bosco Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Name: Little Bosco Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Variety: Malvasia Nera

Region: Piedmont

Country: Italy

Year: 2021

Price $13.99

Shop Review: "Aromas of bright raspberries and rose petals. The wine has smooth flavors of tart raspberry, red apples and passion fruit with a very light fizz. A fun, fresh, delicious dessert wine for sweet wine lovers. Not overly sweet." https://www.discountvino.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=142

Personal Review: One of my friends bought this wine for himself but thought of me and told me to try it with him so I saved some money this week LOL. When I first smelled the wine, it was overwhelmingly sweet to me which is weird because I like smelling sweet aromas. I got pretty big hints of cherry and strawberry which piqued my interest. However, when I tasted the wine, it actually tasted too sweet for me. I definitely tasted the cherry flavor but didn't taste as much when it came to the strawberry flavor. It also was a bit bubbly which I am not a huge fan of, so overall I did not really like the taste of the wine, or the smell to be honest. 

References from Wine Folly:

• Aromas: https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/where-wine-flavors-come-from/ (Pages 2-3)
• Flavors: https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/how-to-taste-wine-develop-palate/ (Pages 14-15)
• Varietal Characteristics: https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/piedmont-wine-map-of-italy/ (Page 9)

I did not have any food with this wine.