Pieropan Soave Classico La Rocca 2015
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Makes an excellent partner to complex dishes, even with strong flavors particularly risottos such as porcini, or celery, squash and almond, salt cod and other fish including salmon, scallops and crab.
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Aromas of ripe stone fruit, hazelnut and tropical fruit emerge on this savory, structured white. Refined and full of flavor, the palate doles out juicy yellow peach, apricot and a hint of ginger, while almond lingers on the long finish.
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The 2015 Soave Classico la Rocca (with 48,000 bottles made) is a wine that expands upon the idea of texture, more so than any other wine in its league. This is partially due to the warm vintage that naturally produces thick, luscious and creamy fruit nuances to begin with. This wine would pair easily with white meat or shellfish, especially if Indian or Moroccan spices are sprinkled over.
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Rich flavors of poached apricot and buttery pastry are layered with firm acidity and a streak of spicy minerality in this medium-bodied white, which is light-footed and racy, with a lasting, fragrant finish of lime blossom, fleur de sel and spice notes. Drink now through 2025.
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Enclosed by the original town walls and dominated by its medieval fortress, Soave has a peaceful, timeless quality about it. In the heart of the old town is the winery of Leonildo and Teresita Pieropan, which goes back to 1860. The present Leonildo ("Nino")'s grandfather, Leonildo Senior, founded the estate and 'invented' Recioto di Soave, a concentrated dessert wine applying a system similar to Tuscany's governo to the indigenous, white Garganega grape.
Today, the estate's 74 acres under vine include three single vineyards, all within the historical backbone of the Soave appellation (Soave Classico): Calvarino, La Rocca and Le Colombare. Terrain is respectively clayey/basaltic, calcareous/clayey, and clayey/marly/tuffaceous, yielding small crops of highly concentrated Garganega and Trebbiano grapes. The range is crafted by Leonildo himself, whose wine-making genius, constant research and innovative methods have carved a unique niche for these exceptional, extract-full and long-living whites that go far, far beyond their own appellation.