Luna Vineyards Prosecco Brut NV
93 point Prosecco for UNDER $13 from a world-renowned Italian winemaker!
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Why We Love It...
We’ve offered this before, and it flies from our warehouse in gargantuan numbers each time – which we can understand for an immaculately crafted, $13 bottle of 93-point Prosecco! (We may even be partially responsible for the damage.) Luna happened to close its customer-facing winery doors in Napa back in 2020, but the wine has kept flowing, thank goodness! With new, spectacular releases that run the gamut of Italian pinot grigio, Tuscan sangiovese, and this delightful Prosecco from Veneto – Luna keeps hitting impressive marks, and we’re here for every step of the delightful ride!
Here’s a fun fact that’s going to tie in back to this awesome Prosecco. You all have heard of Sassicaia, right? The first Italian wine to receive 100 points from Robert Parker? Well,enter Graziana Grassini. She’s the highly respected oenologist at Sassicaia, plus a whole slew of other top brands…and…wait for it…she also makes this bubbly! If it seems too good to be true, we get it, truly. So we triple-checked and then checked again, and the facts checked out! She utilizes sustainably farmed glera grapes here, with no spraying of pesticides, and they even use frogs for pest control in the vineyard (that’s a new one for us too)!
The end result? Beautiful bubbles and a thick, stable mousse that bursts and rolls in the glass – delivering aromas of honeysuckle, jasmine, peonies, and alyssum, like some ambrosial perfume of some ancient deity. And then, an explosion of fruits – green apple, apricot, tangerine, golden plums, crisp pears…oh, my! A finishing touch of heavy cream and honeyed almonds – plus the gentlest kiss of sweetness that is never cloying or forthcoming, just perfect. Graziana opted for a drier-than-average style of Prosecco – one with a Brut dosage level (nearly Extra Brut) that would more closely match the dryness of top-flight Champagne (right around 8 g/L as opposed to more typical Prosecco levels that hover between 10 and 14 g/L).
This is as dry as a Prosecco as you'll find, with all the rich, fruity, floral character, and none of the sticky, gooey sweetness that leaves you hating life the morning after. For the insurmountable price of only $13? House bubbles worthy, for sure! This is a Luna deal for the ages that we’re certainly stocking up on yet again – and simply the perfect opportunity to build out your stores for the remainder of the year!
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