Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave from Veneto, Italy
Vintage: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
Volume:750ml
 
Leonildo (Nino) Pieropan showed the world just how great Garganega can be. Nino recognised the importance of terroir early on, expanding the family’s hillside vineyards and creating his single vineyard wines, Calvarino in 1971 and La Rocca in 1978.
 
A blend of the five vintages spanning 2008 to 2012, bottled in 2020, this magnificent wine serves to remind of the ageing potential in Soave when properly handled. Pale lemon-straw in the glass, there is an intoxicating nose of beeswax, struck flint, citrus peel and peach skin on the nose. The palate is remarkably youthful, the citrus and stone fruit notes pushed to the front. Fleshing out on the mid palate, honeysuckle and more struck flint add layers of complexity before the vibrant cut of acidity comes through. This is very fine, intense yet always precise, with a long, lifted finish. Excellent.