2022 Soave Classico, Calvarino, Pieropan, Veneto, Italy
Critics reviews
A subtle nose that takes its time to open up. Yellow fruits with hints of chamomile. A cool white-fruit palate that still needs time to fully open up. Linear acidity. Super-focused, with peach-stone notes on the finish.
Drink 2025 - 2036
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (July 2024)
This is an ample 500,000-bottle production.
The organic Pieropan 2022 Soave Classico (in a screw-cap bottle) is beautifully fresh and balanced with citrus, white peach and crushed stone. The aromatic assembly is simple, but that's exactly what attracts you to a wine like this (made with 85% Garganega and 15% Trebbiano di Soave in cement tanks). It falls easily over the palate, refreshing along the way, reviving the senses, and definitely inviting the next sip.
Drink 2023 - 2027
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate (October 2023)
About this WINE
Pieropan
Leonildo ("Nino") and Teresita Pieropan craft without doubt the finest Soaves from this DOC with a depth of fruit and structure that other producers can only dream of. The town of Soave still has a serene and almost timeless quality to it and the Pieropan winery is still situated in the heart of the old town. Nino pioneered the notion of single vineyard Soaves and the use of small French barriques for fermentation and maturation.
Garganega and Trebbiano grapes are grown on soils rich in clay and tuffeau - only organic sprays are used in the vineyards and yields are kept very low. The wines are bottled with only a light filtration. His Soaves are Garganega-dominated blends that display seductive, floral aromas and characteristics of baked apples and marzipan, accompanied by tremendous length on the palate. They can improve for up to 5 years.
Veneto
Situated in the north-east of the country, Veneto is the Italy's largest producer of fine wine, responsible for around 14% of total production (2006). Venetian viticulture was celebrated as far back as Roman times by Pliny and Virgil on the strength of its 'Recitum' (possibly Recioto). The region's reputation was crowned during the Serenissima Republic (800-1800 AD) as Venice and Verona profited from its position on the silk route. As elsewhere in Italy a triple whammy of phylloxera, World Wars and republicanism saw the floodgates open and cooperatives take over.
The Veneto is still Italy's third largest wine-producing province (mostly from the plains of Piave behind Venice) with quantity rather than quality the order of the day. Nevertheless, the 1990s witnessed considerable investment and progress in fine wine production; today the wines are better than ever, even if the risk of hail dogs each vintage.
The foothills of the Lessini Mountains north of Verona are home to the famous and potentially outstanding red Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto made from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and increasingly Croatina.
Garganega is the grape behind the best white DOCs, Bianco di Custoza and Soave, while further north and east towards the Alps lie.
The Conegliano hills, home to the Prosecco grape and its eponymous sparkling wine.
Recommended Producers: Bele Casel, Masottina, Novaia, Marion, Monte dei Ragni, Quintarelli
Garganega
The 5th most widely planted white grape in Italy and the main grape used in the production of Soave. It is an abundantly vigorous grape and yields must be kept low for its discreet aromatic qualities to show in the wine.
Garganega reaches its peak in the Soave Classico zone where it constitutes 70-100% of the blend. The best wines are fresh, delicate, well balanced and can be redolent of almonds and citrus fruits. Garganega is also a key component in Bianco di Custoza and Colli Euganei.
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A subtle nose that takes its time to open up. Yellow fruits with hints of chamomile. A cool white-fruit palate that still needs time to fully open up. Linear acidity. Super-focused, with peach-stone notes on the finish.
Drink 2025 - 2036
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (July 2024)
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