Malvira from Waitrose

Last week, returning home from Peterborough, I called in as usual at the Newark Waitrose. Looking for something different to drink with our evening meal later that night, I found Malvira Roero Arneis 2008. I have not come across the Arneis grape before, so it gave the opportunity of experiencing a new taste. Arneis historical role has been as a softening for Nebbiolo, though today the grape is more commonly seen as a varietal wine. It is most commonly found in the hills of the Roero, northwest of Alba, in the Piedmont region. The Waitrose description as ‘persuasive tropical fruit with underlying minerality and fine, clean finish, elegant and rich’, I can confirm. There is a richness, rather like a good chardonnay, but without the oiliness that sometimes accompanies them. At £10.99 it is certainly worth a try!

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