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Pieropan Pinot Iskra 2024
Pinot Iskra from Soave, Veneto, Italy
Original price was: $66.$59Current price is: $59.
$56ea in any 3+
$53ea in any 6+
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Pinot Iskra from Soave, Veneto, Italy
Original price was: $66.$59Current price is: $59.
In stock
PIWI is, thankfully for non German speakers, an abbreviation of Pilzwiderstandsfähig, meaning fungus resistant. PIWI grapes are made by crossing Vitis vinifera with vines that have natural resistance. Pinot Iskra was developed in Italy by researchers at the University of Udine and the Institute of Applied Genomics, alongside the Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, the worlds largest grapevine nursery located in Rauscedo, Friuli. It was created by crossing Pinot Bianco with Sremski Karlovci 00 1/7 (a Serbian selection holding the necessary disease-resistant genes) and it was officially registered in the Italian National Register of Grapevine Varieties in 2020. It is highly resistant to both downy and powdery mildew.
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. Today, sons Andrea (viticulturist) and Dario (winemaker), maintain the family’s profound commitment to the terroir and tradition of Soave and, more recently, Valpolicella. The single vineyard Soave wines, Calvarino and La Rocca, are polar opposites, yet they share a remarkable capacity to age gracefully. Calvarino, with 30% Trebbiano, is oak-free with pure fruit that is tight and minerally. La Rocca, from the vineyard that overlooks the town itself, is late harvested and aged in large cask, displaying ripe tropical fruit with an intense, layered palate that is velvety and persistent.
The video below offers an excellent profile of Pieropan. Digging into the history of the winery and winemaking in the region. Enjoy!
Listen to Andrea Pieropan discuss Pieropan’s history with Monty Waldin.
In 2022 Pieropan opened a new winery built into the hillside below their vineyards. Below you see botte on the left used to age La Rocca and cement tanks on the right used to age Calvarino.
Is located in Soave in the region of Veneto in the north-east of Italy. Soave lies just to the west of Verona.
Look for Soave Classico on non-Cru wine, it tells you the fruit is from the better sites. You can see it at around 2min 40s in the geographic film below the orangey section. Most of the Cru sites sit within this the Soave Classico denomination.
Where in the world does the magic happen?
Azienda Agricola Pieropan
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