The Hidden Gem of ITALIAN White Wines: SOAVE
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Soave is definitely one of the forgotten gems in the Italian white wine scene. It is made from Garganega grape variety and its most ageworthy and notable examples come from the historic Soave Classico region. Soave wines deserve much more attention from us, wine lovers and enthusiasts!
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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Introduction
0:35 My story with Soave
1:46 Garganega - Grape behind Soave
3:37 Soave Classico
4:58 Soave and Food
5:42 Notable Producers
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I agree, greatly underrated area. Back in the day, 25 years ago, most Soave was sold in 1.5L's and was not considered a serious wine. I sold Pieropan and Pasqua 1.5's then, and Pieropan was a challenging hand sell. I usually have either Pra Otto or Tamellini on hand. Would have Pieropan on hand if I still had wholesale access (still my fave). In a way I kind of don't want it to become more popular, the price will just go up, but it deserves better recognition
Yes, when I was enjoying glass of beautiful Soave in the area for 4 Eur I was thinking the same thing. It is kind of cool that it doesn’t cost more, such an underrated region. 🥰
Very nice overview of Soave, with focus on specific vintners. I didn't know that appassimento was used with Soave, nor that chardonnay was allowed in the mix. Great detail in a brief video. Grazie mille, Agnes!
Thank You, that is so nice to read that my video was actually useful. 🙏🏻
I was wrong about Soave too. I really enjoy it these days!!
Me too! Hello there! 😉😉😉🥂
I really appreciate you highlight Soave Classico. Decades back Soave was known for cheap simple white wines, literally the cheapest you could buy in the supermarket. And usually they were uninspiring flat wines. I rediscovered this beautiful wine area east of Verona about ten years ago via a bottle of Ca' Rugate San Michèle. Such a pleasant fruity balanced wine for about 12 euro. Great afforable daily wine which combines well with all sorts of food.
Thank You. And I am pleased to know that I am not alone in my thoughts about Soave Classico. Truly great wines offering superb value! 🥂 Cheers! ✨
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Thank You for such a lovely comment, it actually brought smile on my face! Cheers! 🥂
I had never heard of Soave before. Thanks for the intro!
I hope You will be able to find it and taste it soon enough.
Soave is a new opportunity for me, too, as others have said before me, and I am looking forward to trying some new things, hopefully some good offerings, from this area, if I can even find them. Unfortunately, I am limited to what I can readily try, by my budget, which, as you well know, Agnes, is the bane of any wine lover's existence, especially for those who enjoy trying new things! I love catching your videos, as you always have wonderful information to share along with your beautiful smile!
I really hope You find some of the producers I mentioned. It of course depends on each export market and the average markup, but majority shouldn’t be more expensive than 20 Eur, and top bottlings not more than 40 Eur. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 cheers and if You get to find some, let me know what You think. ✨
Call me a fan. I like Soaves! And my wife and I opened a Suavia Monte Carbonare Soave Classico just two nights ago, and killed it quickly. :) Suavia's Monte Carbonare is a really good example of a Classico, and I highly recommend.
Thank You for the comment! 🙏🏻I agree and I think that this bottle is one of the top Soave wines! 🥂 cheers! ☀️
Suavia Monte Carbonare of the Tessari sisters is a very higth quality Soave. It is my preferrerd Soave
Great maker.
A bottle or two of Soave are always in my fridge.
Aromatics are very important as to whether I will like a wine style and good Soave delivers.
I was just talking about Italian white wines, and I realised that Soave is amongst my favourite Italian whites! Always happy to have it in by glass, BUT… it must come from a good producer, unfortunately there are too many unexciting wine out there! 😔
@@NoSediment
Unfortunately true. 👌
Never tried this kind before. Now that you are so enthusiastic, I immediately ordered 2 bottles of Prà Otto Soave Classico 2022..... I am very curious. Greetings from Amsterdam
Thank You for commenting. Did You receive the wines? And the most important question, did You enjoy them?
Can't wait to try more wines from Soave ❤
They are truly great and I have grown to love them a lot!
Good video. I think there are lots of wine styles that suffer from this, prosecco and cava being two. Lots of it is rubbish but there are some amazing producers of these styles. I like videos that dispel some of these myths. Thanks for the content.
Thank You for commenting. And thank You for supporting me. I agree with You completely. Unfortunately for Cava, in my opinion, there is even bigger problem- the large producers that are dominating the market. And the small ones, artisanal wineries are really difficult to find, and for them to penetrate through can be quite challenging. 😓
Always great useful videos
Thank You! 🥂 Happy to hear that these are useful! 🙌
It's now on my list to try. Thanks!
Thank You. And happy that it made a difference! 🥂 Cheers!
dear Agnes 8 visited Soave Village at the end of April and i got a lot of fun visiting coffele and Pieropan... great value for the Money...Bye .
Thank You for commenting. I actually also enjoyed my time in Soave a lot. Beautiful region and lovely wines! ✨
Beautiful conical bunch. And those pergola are trained high! Super video. And great wines, still or sweet!
Beautiful bunch, but also quite large. These vines are giving great yields. And the best producers know how to manage that. ✨🥂 Cheers!
I would add Soave iconic producer Gini with its La Frosca and Contrada Salvarenza "Vecchie Vigne".
Thank You for this addition! 🙏🏻🥂 Cheers! ✨
Good stuff. Didn't even know it existed. Put Prà Monte Grande Soave Classico 2020 @27 EUR on my to buy list.
That specific wine will be denser and fuller in body, they actually extend the hang time of grapes on the vines, therefore it will be also in deeper color. 🥂 Hope You enjoy it. ✨
@@NoSediment Yes I gathered as much from your food pairing segment. That just sounds like a better way to get to know Garganega to me :) Quick off topic question: If you were to spend 2 weeks in either Portugal (summery) or Italy/Alba (white truffle season!) this November, where would you go? I simply can't choose.
Ha, I ordered a case of Pieropan a few days ago, now looking forward to it (it is due to be delivered tomorrow) even more following your review - brilliant timing Agnese, keep up the good (excellent) work..
Oooo, Pieropan is excellent, and one of the producers that managed to bring back Soave back to appreciation. I hope You will enjoy it as much as I do.
Soave Classico makes some of my favorite white wine.
That is so great to hear! These are beautiful wines, definitely worth exploring more! 🥂
A lot of good information
Thanks! 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Very well done. I enjoy Soave but the good ones are hard to find where I live.
I guess in many markets there are many mass production soaves, that are just simple refreshing white wines, with little character. But I do hope You have ability to find some of the producers I was mentioning. 🙏🏻 Cheers! 🥂
Can you do a review on the wine Russian Jack?
Yes, Inama is good.
I tasted a beautiful Soave a decade ago at Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani. Haven't tasted it since.
Question: are all the vines in this region trained in high Pergola style?
Is there a reason for that?
Thank You for the comment 🙏🏻 Of what I saw in the area, majority are trained on Pergola, it has been a historic way training vines up in that area. The upside is that it improves air circulation and in old times people were actually using the land under to plant other crops. There are producers that are transferring their vineyards to guyot, because it reduces the labour in the vineyards as well as helps to control the yields. But because old vines are also respected, they are still working with Pergola on those.
@@NoSediment Agnese, thank you for answering. Do you believe the pergola training will create a natural sunshade for the fruit, thus ripening more slowly and preserving freshness, especially for hot climates ? Or is that irrelevant to the ripeness?
@@melsialiaj it is a very interesting and indeed good question. Pergola definitely offers shade and grapes don’t get sunburned as much. But that can also be achieved with foliage management in guyot. However the ripening is more dependent on the photosynthesis and the leaf exposure to sunlight. Here the problem is more because the vines are planted widely apart, and thus encouraging the higher yields and vigour of Garganega. Plus it takes a lot of manpower to manage Pergola as mechanisation is impossible. 😢
@@NoSediment thanka, and cheers :)
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Not that expensive (yet)- CHECK...Can be drank young or wait 10 years-CHECK... seems to be around 12% from a quick search-CHECK. I mean...check all my boxes why don't you. 👀
Soave is great, and I have truly grown to love that wine. 🥂 But I am not sure I understood the last part of Your comment. 👀
@@NoSediment You pretty much listed things about Soave that match my list of things I look for when window shopping for new stuff to try.The check boxes.✅
Picked up a bottle today. Not terribly impressed.
Which bottle?
I have tried Soave many times and it is always bland and massively over-rated in my eyes. The one exception was when I visited the lovely town of Soave when staying in Verona (travelling by trolley bus - remember them?) and enjoyed a superb lunch there, accompanied by a carafe of Soave.
Pieropan is the same price as some Burgundies (although I wouldn't compare the two regions) nowadays. I drank a Coveffe fairly recently and it didn't change my opinion of Soave. Sorry to have to disagree with you - perhaps I haven't tried enough good examples but there is so much good white wine around, why keep trying?
That is okay, I think that when You will try top bottlings You might see what I was talking about. 😉 But even if You don’t enjoy the wine, that is still fine. ✨ Just one thing I wanted to add, here glass of Pieropan can cost 4Eur or their single vineyard 6Eur, I haven’t seen Burgundy at the same price. 😉😉😉
@@NoSediment Perhaps I will give it another try sometime. On your last point the Wine Society sells Pieropan La Rocca for £30 per bottle and its Exhibition 2020 St Aubin for £19. I buy most of my wine from TWS these days.
one day you will agree how wrong you have been for liking Barolos !!
That is impolite, in my opinion. And people already have been there - there was a time, when Nebbiolo was considered inferior. But nowadays everything says the opposite, including the prices that have skyrocketed up. If the wine was bad, people would not be willing to pay that amount - worldwide!
Oh it was not intended to be impolite, in my opinion. In any case, Barollo are the best! 😅