Soave Superiore

There are three types of white wines that fall under the protected designation of origin "Soave Superiore" (DOCG): the basic version and the variants Classico and Riserva.

Grapes

The production of "Soave Superiore" takes place using grapes from three different varieties. A minimum quota of 70% is composed of grapes from the Garganega vine. Trebbiano di Soave and Chardonnay, on the other hand, contribute (alone or in combination) to a portion not exceeding 30%. In this part, and for a maximum of 5%, other non-aromatic white grapes, suitable for cultivation in the province of Verona, may also be used.

Physicochemical and Organoleptic properties

"Soave Superiore" is a wine with a straw yellow colour, which can become more intense in some productions and be enriched with green and gold reflections. The aroma is characteristic, broad and floral. The taste is full and delicately bitter, with notes of vanilla. A taste that becomes more intense and persistent in products aged in wooden barrels. The minimum total alcoholic strength by volume is 12% vol.; in the Riserva variant (12.50% vol.), however, the color remains straw yellow, with green and gold reflections, while the smell becomes deeper and the flavor round, enveloping and with a bitterish vein of closure.

Grape production area

"Soave Superiore" is produced in a hilly area, all included in the province of Verona. It is a hilly area, where the vineyards are never located at altitudes above 380 m above sea level. The climate is temperate, with an average level of rainfall.

Specificity and historical notes

The production area of Soave has a wine-growing vocation that has its roots in Roman times. At that time, this area was a "pagus", that is, a wine-growing district, also characterized by a particular method of drying the grapes. It produced much-loved wines, as evidenced by some letters of the Gothic king Theodoric, who defines them as "very sweet and full-bodied".