Guerrieri Rizzardi Soave Classico

Guerrieri Rizzardi Soave Classico

WHY WE LOVE IT

  • Rizzardi’s Soave has always been about palate detail and mineral character.
  • “Classico” designated Soave is a relatively rare thing to find nowadays, representing only 15% of the Soave region’s production – “Classico” designated wines are sourced from the (far superior) original hillside plots that were the zone’s standard prior to the massive/controversial expansion of the DOC in the 1970’s.
  • Grapes are sourced from two “cru” vineyards – Costeggiola (limestone soil) and Ferra, a hillside terrain where the soil is a silty-sandy texture, rich in limestone on volcanic sub-soil.
  • The XX part of the name represents the 20th century, when the Soave estate became part of Guerrieri Rizzardi. Cuvée XX is the main estate Soave and benefits from the strengths of both cru vineyards.

Varietal Composition: 75% Garganega, 20% Chardonnay, 5% Trebbiano di Soave

Elaboration: Simple and double pergola, simple guyot training. Hand and machine harvested over several weeks. Alcoholic fermentation, after pressing of the destemmed grapes, for 10-12 days at a temperature of 15°-16°C in thermo-conditioned concrete vats. The wine is matured over 3 months on lees and fine yeasts in thermo-conditioned concrete and stainless steel tanks.

Tasting Notes: The estate Soave gives fresh, cool climate fruit on the nose leading into the palate which is light in body, but with good density of fruit. Again cooler citrus and pear fruit and an underlying refreshing mineral character persist on the palate.

The style of our Soave has evolved in recent years, becoming a more intense and vibrant white, still classic in style but with extra concentration and vitality.

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PRODUCER BACKGROUND

Guerrieri-Rizzardi, the historic house in Veneto, dates back to the unification of two ancient estates in 1913, when Carlo Rizzardi from Valpolicella, married Guiseppina Guerrieri of Bardolino. From the 1950s Antonio Rizzardi managed and developed the estates, focusing on viticulture and in the 1970s he acquired the estate in Soave. 2011 saw the opening of the new winery on the hills of Bardolino. The result of a long-term plan to re-locate and modernize the entire production process. Rizzardi’s new winery is completely solar powered, combining the best that technology offers in a carbon neutral way with vineyards that have been in the family for centuries. With extensive holdings of “cru” acreage, the family is well known throughout Europe for their sensational, mineral rich example of Soave Classico, the tension driven Ripasso they produce from Pojega, and most importantly for making one of the most classical and age-worthy examples of single vineyard Amarone in the region.

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