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2008 Gini Col Foscarin Recioto SoaveGarganega from Italy

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About the Producer: "Claudio and Sandro Gini have always made some of the best Soaves..." International Wine Cellar "These Soaves embarrass most of the industrial swill tha...

  • 94 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com
  • 90 Wine Spectator
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Please note, this product is a 375 mL bottle.

About

Ratings:

94

"This is pure honey with toffee and caramel. Full body, medium sweet with dried apricots, toasted coconuts, lavender and spices. Goes on for minutes on the palate. Wonderful sweet white. Drink now." Reviewed 12/20/13

90 Wine Spectator

"Seamlessly integrated and elegant, offering rich accents of praline and honeyed pastry and pure notes of baked apricot and ripe yellow peach. Mouthwatering, with hints of herb, spice and white balsamic vinegar lingering on the finish. Drink now through 2023. 416 cases made." Reviewed December 31, 2014

Product Description:

About the Producer:
"Claudio and Sandro Gini have always made some of the best Soaves..." International Wine Cellar

"These Soaves embarrass most of the industrial swill that emerges from this region." - Robert Parker

The Gini family has roots in the Soave Classico region dating from the eighteenth century, and owns 25 hectares of vineyards situated on the very best hillside position of the appellation. Extremely low yields, low-interference viticulture, and devoted attention to expression of the particular crus results in wines that are not only among the greatest Soaves but also among the great white wines of all Italy. Olinto Gini and sons Sandro and Claudio have now finally completed their beautiful new cellar, which extends deep into the rocky and tufaceous hillside of Monteforte d'Alpone, thus providing optimal natural temperature and humidity control.

Both tradition and the modern are reflected at Gini. The hand-harvested Soave Classicos are 100% Garganega, though many in the zone blend in other varietals to compensate for shortcomings of less-than perfect grapes. Both the Soave Classico and the single-vineyard "La Frosca" (which received 90 pts from Tanzer for the 2006 vintage, and three glasses in the 2008 Gambero Rosso guide) are vinified in stainless steel. The rich, concentrated "Salvarenza", from a tiny plot of 80-year-old vines within the La Frosca vineyard, is matured in barriques (92 pts Tanzer for the 2005 vintage.) The Re Nobilis is a rare representative of a botrytized style Recioto, northern Italy's version of a German TBA, while the Recioto Col Foscarin is a delightful desert wine, also great with cheese.

Vineyard Practices: At the estate, "natural agriculture" is carried out - Gini is certified organic. The vines maintain a low production and adhere to biodynamic standards (pruning occurs in accordance with the moon’s phases). Integrated insect and disease control is followed. Insecticides are not used. Copper and sulfur-based products control fungus and manure fertilizes the soil. Spontaneous cover crops (grass cover) are left between the rows of vines, the grass cover is mowed and the turf is left in place (the soil is not tilled). Very low doses of SO2 are added to the wine only after fermentation and before bottling in order to preserve the product. - Distributor's Notes

Product Detail

Item # 92826
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Sub-Region Soave
Ratings

94 - James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

90 - Wine Spectator

Vintage 2008
Color White
ABV 13.5%
Varietal(s) Garganega
Size 375mL
Closure Cork
Features Dessert
Taste apple, honey, peach and apricot
Nose apple, honey, peach and apricot