Pieropan La Rocca 2004
I opened this bottle by mistake. I believe it to be the Calvarino and I even wrote so in the last post (which has been corrected already). It was a white wine like I have not drank in a long time ... so when I took the bottle to take a photo of the label I understood why. As you can see, even before I start, it is clear I love it. Few bottles will surely find their way into my house soon!!
Pieropan La Rocca 2004 Soave Classico
Country: Italy
Grapes: Garganega
Winery: link
Price: 20-25 euros
Impressions: Quite yellow in the glass with good curves. The nose is fresh and buttery with flavors of exotic fruits, flowers, a little bit of honey and slightly spicy. The taste ... wow, all the elements in the nose are there with a nice balance. There is also a sense of minerals with a palate of dairy, nuts and lemon acidity in the background. The aftertaste is as complex and it last ... this was the first day. We drank the wine over three days and it evolved loosing acidity and getting more complexity.
Verdict: Simply superb and I expect it to age well ... a few more years in the bottle and the complexity will come out more, while the fruitiness will go down a bit.
Would I buy it? Sure ... I am already planning to buy a case in august!
Pieropan La Rocca 2004 Soave Classico
Country: Italy
Grapes: Garganega
Winery: link
Price: 20-25 euros
Impressions: Quite yellow in the glass with good curves. The nose is fresh and buttery with flavors of exotic fruits, flowers, a little bit of honey and slightly spicy. The taste ... wow, all the elements in the nose are there with a nice balance. There is also a sense of minerals with a palate of dairy, nuts and lemon acidity in the background. The aftertaste is as complex and it last ... this was the first day. We drank the wine over three days and it evolved loosing acidity and getting more complexity.
Verdict: Simply superb and I expect it to age well ... a few more years in the bottle and the complexity will come out more, while the fruitiness will go down a bit.
Would I buy it? Sure ... I am already planning to buy a case in august!
Rating: 93
posted by The Food Traveller at 8:38 AM
2 Comments:
Hi! Glad to see a post on this wine. It really is extraoridnary and rich for a Soave. I personally prefer the Calvarino for its minerality. However, I love the fact that Pieropan produces two such different single-vineyard Soaves.
I agree two different wines. We drank the Calvarino 2004 this week-end, but I prefer La Rocca ... Calvarino is a good wine, but I find it a little bit too green (nice minerality though) for my taste.
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