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Ca Rugate 2022 Soave Classico Superiore 'Bucciato'
£27.50
In stock
SKU
ITVEWCRBU22B
Our first, and so far only, orange wine. Made from Garganega grapes which has been macerated on their skins for up to 30 hours, to extract a little tannin and added body. The wine is a little unconventional, but not in any way extreme. Tangerine and bitter orange notes intertwined with honey and a kiss of dryness on the end
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The Wine Region
Veneto
Veneto is the largest of Italy's vineyards covering a large part of NE Italy from the Alps to the north to the fertile plains of the Po River basin in the south. It is no surprise the the best vineyards are on the slopes with the industrial wine coming from the flats. This region is the home of some of the country's most famous DOCs Soave, Valpolicella and Prosecco to name a few. Soave and Valpolicella are next door neighbours and are both composed of limestone and basaltic formations. Soave is potentially one of Italy's great white wines: a regions that is exploring its zones in developing a cru system. Valpolicella is already established as one of the great sources of red wines in the north of Italy reaching its peak with the very best producers of Amarone.
Prosecco has undergone one of the biggest booms to occur anywhere in the world of wine. From humble beginnings which was essentially just two communes, Valdobbiadene and Conegliano, Prosecco has spread like wildfire across the plains and hills of NE Italy.
Pieropan 2023 Soave Classico
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The Sub-Region
Soave
Soave sits on the border of the pre-Alps and fertile plain of the Po basin, with those coming from the hillsides the only ones that we would consider stocking at Noble Grape. Here in the hills, there is a split between those on limestone formations and those on volcanic, but either way Soave is a thoroughly interesting wine for the adventurous wine drinker. Garganega is the main variety, but there can be small additions of other varieties such as Trebbiano di Soave (recently identified as being identical to Verdicchio), and the lesser Trebbiano Toscano.
The Soave consorzio has been very smart and forward thinking in identifying its subzones and encouraging producers to label their wines according to their specific origins. Testament to the potential for quality that can be found here.
