Soave Classico 'Monte Stelle' 2022
La Cappuccina

92 points
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2028
The 2022 Soave Classico Monte Stelle is spicy, with an airy blend of dried flowers, ground ginger and nectarines. Silky-smooth, distinctly savory and cool-toned in feel, this impresses with its core of crunchy orchard fruits and floral perfume that resonates throughout. Medium in length, it finishes with a tinge of minerality, leaving the mouth watering for more.

This is a 100 percent Garganega fruit from a traditional, 60 years old, single, pergola-trellised vineyard called Monte Stelle (Stars mount) lying on the black lava rocks. It’s full, volcanically smoky, with a rich but still elegant character. It is generous, with flowery and orange-skin notes, and seamlessly balanced. There’s plenty of energy and structure packed in this wine, while remaining fresh and agile.

A traditional, single, pergola-trellised vineyard with a plant density of 3,000 vines/ha (860/acre) and yield of 50 hI/ha (370 gallons/acre). On typical basalt volcanic soils at 200 meters above sea level. With south-easterly exposure.

Vinification and maturation

Only the best bunches of Garganenga, picked at end of September, are used, after a careful evaluation of the ripeness and health of the grapes. After destemming, maceration on the skins and soft pressing, the must is given a cold, static settling. Fermantation at low temperatures if necessary. The wine matures on its lees in stainless steel tanks over late Spring.