Gini Soave Classico "La Frosca" 2019

Soave Classico - Veneto - Italy

ABV - 13%

As well as producing a fabulous Soave Classico blend from hillside sites the Gini family owns vineyards in the two Classico Grand Crus of Soave, La Frosca and Salvarenza. Salvarenza has long been one of my favourite Italian white wines and whilst we are waiting for the 2017 vintage to be released, we have some of their delicious 2018 La Frosca which is a fine replacement. The wine is mainly fermented and aged in steel tanks, however 20% is fermented in used oak barrels (a minimum of three years old). The wine is straw coloured in the glass with complex mineral aromas. On the plates, the wine is salty and spicy, with flint notes and a pronounced minerality as well as a lovely almond flavour on the finish. Beautifully balanced wine and a steal at £18 a bottle. Drink until around 2025 with shellfish, lean fish and appetisers.