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Pieropan Soave Classico Calvarino 2016

Soave Classico DOC

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  • 93pts, Decanter, 2018
  • 94pts, James Suckling, 2019
  • 94pts, The Wine Advocate, 2019

For the Grand Cru of Soave, head for Pieropan – the wines are in a league of their own. Founded in 1880, Pieropan make wines of such elegance, intensity and character, they have top critics queueing to taste. This is the 94-point single vineyard cru.

For the Grand Cru of Soave, head for Pieropan – the wines are in a league of their own. Founded in 1880, Pieropan make wines of such elegance, intensity and character, they have top critics queueing to taste. This is the 94-point single vineyard cru.

Beyond the Label

Tasting notes

Notes of spring flowers, apple, pear, orange zest, crushed minerals

Aroma

Brimming with apple, pear, lightly tropical notes, lemon verbena

Pieropan Soave Classico Calvarino 2016

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  • 12.5% ABV
  • 9.38 Units
  • 750.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2025

This superb, fourth generation estate not only make some of the appellation’s finest wines, the founder – Leonildo Pieropan Snr – invented Soave Recioto, a delicious, sweet wine using air-dried grapes. Within their 30 hectares of vines the family have three single vineyards, all Classico, one of which is Calvarino. The 2016 has three top scores – Wine & Spirits describes its “tropical notes of pineapple that mingle with flavors of Bartlett pear and golden apple. Hints of white smoke, salt and crushed rock.” This complexity is thanks to the quality of the Garganega and Trebbiano grapes. Up to 60 years old, the organic vines are tended with the utmost care. The wine shows such purity of fruit and intensity – savour with your finest fish.

"Herbal with great vitality and delicacy. Distinctive, rich and complex texture of high-end Soave" James Suckling
94 Points
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