Lockdown Wine #8 - Falanghina (Italy)

Another wine from the Wine Society - a rather less obscure grape variety this time

Wine: The Wine Society Falanghina

Country: Italy, Region: Campania

Grape: Falangina

The Wine Society : £8.90

Value for Money – 9/10

Quality/Flavour – 9/10

An excellent middle of the road dry white. Crisp, dry, well made, but also full bodied.

Would I buy it again – Yes

From the Wine Society blurb

Grapes: 100% Falangina

13.5% Alcohol

Falanghina is one of Italy's many native grape varieties that we feel shouldn't be left under the radar! With tangy citrus and seductive apricot flavours, this is a lovely versatile wine from Campania to add to your selection.

From Wikipedia

Falanghina, also called Falanghina Greco, is a variety of wine grape, Vitis vinifera, used for white wines. It is an ancient grape variety which may have provided a basis for the classical Falernian wine, and has considerable character.[1] It is cultivated on the coast of Campania north of Naples,[1] and frequently consumed in southern Italy along with seafood.[2] The name for the wine appears to derive from the Latin falangae, or stakes for supporting the grapes in a vineyard