Volcanic whites · Evolved

Vintage Collection 2016

Extended lees ageing turns time into evidence rather than mythology.

Reference release2016Soave Classico DOC
Vintage Collection 2016 bottle
Estate bottle image · label vintage may differ from current stock

The deeper reading

From place
to the glass.

Technical details below refer to the named reference release and the estate’s current cuvée description.

Origin
A selection from outstanding parcels on Monte Foscarino.
Grapes
Garganega
Site
Best lots from selected Foscarino vineyards in the 2016 vintage.
Winemaking
Six months in old barriques before transfer to horizontal stainless-steel tanks.
Ageing
Extended multi-year fine-lees maturation in steel before release.
In the glass
Dried lemon, apple, apricot and blossom honey, with creamy texture and retained acidity.
At the table
Vitello tonnato, fish risotto, sushi, baccalà and vegetable veloutés.

Continue the dossier

Four useful
next clicks.

Appellation

Read the Soave rules

The official frame for grapes, zone, training systems and production.

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Place INAMA among Soave peers

Decanter’s producer-led reading of the modern Classico conversation.

Open source ↗In the field

Walk Foscarino with Matteo

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Open source ↗In the vineyard now

Follow @inama_wine

The family, harvest and vineyards in the present tense.

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Editorial listing role

Why a buyer
should care.

A ready-made mature-white conversation: demonstrate Garganega’s development without asking the buyer to cellar it first.

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