Cà di Rajo, Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG (Veneto, Italy) 2016

 Prosecco has gained so much popularity worldwide that its name has replaced the word Champagne as the generic term for all sparkling wine. Sadly, much Prosecco is mass-produced and uninteresting.  Typically, the path to finding a more distinctive Prosecco takes the consumer to a difficult to pronounce DOCG, Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore.  Cà di Rajo’s 2016 Cuvée del Fondatore, from that DOCG, has a delicate and haunting white peach-like flavor.  An elegant and long Prosecco, it shows that, in this case, that the DOCG designation matters.