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Gini Soave ‘La Froscà’ 2016

Garganega from Soave, Veneto, Italy

$59

$56ea in any 3+
$53ea in any 6+
Closure: Cork

Description

A more typical Soave style than the Salvarenza, beautifully built on a frame of quality fruit. Pear and citrus are cleansed by a very typical and lovely silvery line of bitterness. Long with a lovely mid-palate. A great mid-palate is a sign of a good wine!

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Why is this Wine so Yummy?

Salvarenza is a tiny sub-plot of the La Frosca Cru and home to the Gini’s centenarian vines, some of which are prephylloxera. The grapes are hand-harvested and fermented in small oak cask. Malolactic fermentation and aging takes place in oak, with the wine resting on its lees for 18 months before bottling.

The Gini family has roots in the Soave Classico region dating from the seventh century, and owns 25 hectares of vineyards situated on the very best hillside position of the appellation. Extremely low yields, low-interference viticulture, and devoted attention to expressing the unique character of each cru results in wines that are not only among the greatest Soaves but also among the great white wines of all Italy. Olinto Gini and sons Sandro and Claudio have now finally completed their beautiful new cellar, which extends deep into the rocky and tufaceous hillside of Monteforte d’Alpone, thus providing optimal natural temperature and humidity control.

Both tradition and the modern are reflected at Gini. The hand-harvested Soave Classicos are 100% Garganega, though many in the zone blend in other varietals to compensate for shortcomings of less-than perfect grapes. The single-vineyard “La Frosca” are vinified in stainless steel. The rich, concentrated “Salvarenza”, from a tiny plot of 80-year-old vines within the La Frosca vineyard, is matured in barriques.

Vineyard Practices: Certified organic. Earth’s natural cycles are respected (for example vines are pruned according to the moon phases). No insecticides are used. Only manure is used as fertilizer. Spontaneous cover crops (grass cover) are left between the rows of vines, the grass cover is mowed and the turf is left in place (the soil is not tilled).

Serving temperature: 10/12° Celsius
Food matches: flavourful pasta and rice dishes, fish, white meat and poultry dishes, cheese.

Where in the World is Gini?

Is located in Soave in the region of Veneto in the north-east of Italy. Soave lies just to the west of Verona.

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Where in the world does the magic happen?

Via Giacomo Matteotti, 42, 37032 Monteforte d'Alpone VR, Italy

Soave
Veneto
Italy