Characterful wine. On the nose, reminiscent of exotic fruit, yellow peach and dry apricot, nuts and
almond, sweet spices such as saffron, ginger powder, white pepper, honey and a light balsamicity.
Warm, elegant, smooth and persistent on the palate.
Pieropan La Rocca Soave Classico D.O.C.
Grape: Garganega 100%
Colour: Intense straw yellow, with golden nuances.
Production Area: Soave hillside.
Soil: Limestone rich in clay.
Method: Spur pruned, cordon trained (5000 vines per hectare).
Altitude: 95 - 145 m. a.s.l.
Harvest: Hand-picked at the end of October, often in two times to select the ripest grapes, which have developed a little bit of botrytis.
Technique: The grapes are destemmed, and crushed and the wine is fermented in French oak tonneaux and big oak barrels.At the end of fermentation, the wine ages for around 15 months in French oak tonneaux and 20-30% in Slavonian big barrels. During this period, the wine remains on the fine lees, where it acquires complexity and a rich bouquet. It is released after a few bottle ageing.
Analytical Data: Vol. 13%Total acidity: 6.20 %Ph: 3.30.
Best serve: 12-14 °C
Pairing: Excellent partner to match with complex dishes, even with strong flavours particularly risotto or fresh pasta swithporcini, duck meat sauce, truffle or squash. Second courses such as salmon, eel or scallops, or meats like roastveal in milk & mustard sauce, chicken stew, stuffed guinea fowl. Particularly suitable with ethnic cuisine.
