Wine Outlet Inama Soave Classico di Foscarino DOC 2008

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"Light yellow colour. Elegant nose of sweet field flowers: camomile, elder flower, iris. Pleasant on the palate with a back taste of sweet almond." www.inamaaziendaagricola.it

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The Inama estate was founded in 1960 by Giuseppe Inama, who owned 30 hectares of vines in the heart of the Soave Classico region, predominantly on the highly regarded Monte Foscarino. He handed the reigns to his son Stefano in 1992, who has continued to tend the family’s vines, principally Garganega, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. The volcanic soil found in the Classico area imparts a floral aroma with a firm mineral character on the palate. Other vineyards include the Colli Berici, the name of which derives from bradyseism, a slow seismic event which forms ridges in the land. The soils here are terra rossa and are suited for red vines. Bordeaux varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenere are the most common, and Colli Berici was the first DOC for Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in all Italy. Although the winery is very modern, intervention during winemaking is kept to a minimum; after a short maceration and gentle pressing the must is left to settle before fermentation and spontaneous malolactic fermentation. In order to preserve both the aromatic intensity and natural balance of the grapes, the wines are bottled with a minimum of fining and filtration. “We are organic in the way we grow wines, but don’t declare it”,says Stefano. “It is not a marketing tool: the quality of the wine is the marketing tool”.