La Farra, Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG (Veneto, Italy) 2012

Finished with evident sweetness but still — surprisingly — soil inflected and mineral-driven, this is a striking wine.  The sweetness comes across almost entirely as fruit flavor rather than sugar, and the fruit is seamlessly integrated with the subtle earthy notes and the crisp acidity.  You’d never guess that the wine held 18 grams of residual sugar per liter if I didn’t tell you, so imagine that you’ve got one of those forget flash thingies from Men in Black.