This is a new, high-end release from La Marca created to commemorate this house’s 50th anniversary.  I tasted it in the USA rather than in the region, which is likely to its disadvantage (traveling certainly doesn’t help wines of this type), but found it to be excellent nevertheless.  Its particular excellence isn’t quite what one might expect:  It isn’t richer than other high-end bottlings of Prosecco Superiore, nor is it especially dry or sweet or mineral in character.  Rather, purity is the key to the wine’s success, and though it doesn’t seem that “purity” could be an attribute that is “striking” to a taster, that’s exactly how it hit me.  To some degree, this hit wasn’t a “sucker punch,” it the sense that the wine shows its unusualness, and I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a Prosecco that was so perfectly “water white” (despite having tasted thousands of glasses of the stuff).  The floral aromas are quite subtle, with faint blossom scents and very delicate fruit notes that echo on the palate, with flavors of barely ripe apricot and fully ripe apple.  Be forewarned that this is an extremely restrained wine, and if dynamics rather than purity are what you seek in a $30 wine, this may not be for you.  But I found it to be convincingly delicious, as did the two tasters with whom I shared my press sample bottle

This creamy Prosecco sports a fine, lively bead and refreshing acidity to frame flavors of melon, white peach, stone and lemon peel. A balanced crowd-pleaser. Drink now. 15,000 cases made, 15,000 cases imported.

This has aromas of white spring flower, medicinal herb and green apple. The apple aroma follows over to the crisp palate along with a candied note before a bitter finish. A vivacious perlage provides the setting.