Wine Description

A blend of 80% Garganega—an indigenous grape— and 20% Chardonnay, hand-harvested from 25-year-old vines. Allegrini uses the cold-maceration technique to pursue fuller flavor extraction from the skins, giving the wine a rounder body and longer aging ability. Fermented in stainless steel tanks to preserve the freshness and integrity of its fruit aromas, Allegrini Soave is refined in bottle for two months and is ready to be enjoyed upon release.

Tasting Notes

Bright straw-yellow in color, with aromas of wildflowers, white peach and grapefruit. The mouthfeel is supple and elegant with a touch of minerality on the palate. Extremely versatile, it pairs well with both sweet and spicy dishes as well as a wide variety of appetizers and seafood antipasti.

Vineyard Characteristics

Production area/name of vineyard:	Soave
Soil composition:	Chalk and volcanic
Training method:	Guyot
Elevation (feet):	495-825
Vines/acre:	2,500
Yield/acre (tons):	2.9
Exposure:	Southwestern
Year vineyard planted:	1984

Winemaking & Aging

Varietal composition:	80% Garganega and 20% Chardonnay
Harvest time:	September-October
First vintage of this wine:	2004
Number bottles produced of this wine:	60,000
Fermentation
Fermentation container:	Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation (days):	8-10
Fermentation temperature (°F):	59
Malolactic fermentation:	Yes
Aging
Aging container:	Stainless steel tanks
Size of aging container:	100 HL
Length of aging before bottling:	5 months
Length of bottle aging:	2 months
Analytical Data
Alcohol:	12.8%
pH level:	3.1
Residual sugar (grams/liter):	2.6
Acidity (grams/liter):	5.5
Dry extract (grams/liter):	23.5

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