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Bolla Soave - $11.99

Wine Details

Price:	$11.99
Producer:	Bolla
Region:	Soave
Varietal:	Dry White Table Wine
Container Size:	1.5 L
Flavors:	apple, citrus, flinty, meaty, minerals

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Product Description

Our Soave is a light, refeshing, fruity wine with pears and lemon flavors and a crisp, deliciuos aftertaste. The soft, clean taste of Bolla Soave nicely complements light appetizers, seafood, poultry and pasta.
Like all great legacies, the story of Bolla wines begins simply enough with one man, Abele Bolla. Abele lived in northern Italy in the Veneto region where he ran a small family inn. Wishing to offer his guests a superior experience, Abele made a decision that would launch his family’s business into the international spotlight. He decided to make and serve his own wine, a Soave. The year was 1883. The Soave Abele made was a fresh, crisp golden-hued wine. It was immediately recognized as being true to the land, a wine that captured the essence of the Veneto region. Requests for Abele’s wine grew as more and more friends, family and guests tasted his handiwork. It was not long before the Bolla family dedicated all its time to producing fine regional wines from Italy. And the rest, as the saying goes, is history. Fast-forward a century and a quarter. Today all award-winning Bolla wines are hand-harvested and created in Italy. The distinct flavors of the grapes can be attributed to the unique climate, soil and temperature of the region in which they are grown. Our goal is to capture those nuances so you will experience an authentic taste of Italy in every glass of Bolla wine.

Expert Ratings

Vintage	Source	Flavors
2005	Tastings
2005	Tastings	apple, citrus, flinty, meaty, minerals
2005	Tastings
2002	WineEnthusiast	apple, apricot, citrus, lime, mango, pineapple
2001	WineSpectator
2001	WineEnthusiast	earthy, peach
2000	WineSpectator
1999	WineSpectator	apple

Food Pairings

Category	Pairing
Cheese	Brie
Pasta & Grains	Risotto, Fish Risotto, Vegetable Risotto
Vegetables	Roasted Sweet Peppers, Pumpkin Soup, Greek Salad, Tomato Mozzarella Basil, Bruschetta, Tomato Mozzarella Basil
Fish or Shellfish	Calamari, Soft-shelled Crab, Freshwater Fish, Catfish, Dover Sole, Red Snapper, Tilapia, Walleye
Sauces	Cream Sauce with herbs, Cream Sauce with citrus, White Wine Sauce

Wine Terms

Name	Value
Italy	Makes nearly as much wine as France, but lags behind in their classification system. As a result, Italian wine isn’t taken as seriously as French wine. Most Italian wine is made from native grape varieties that don’t grow well elsewhere, such as Nebbiolo and Sangiovese. The most important regions are Piedmont, where Barolo and Barbaresco dominate, Tuscany, home to Chianti, Montepulciano, and the Super-Tuscans (a collection of relatively new reds), and the Northeastern region, where you’ll find Soave, Valpolicella, and Bardolino. Italy’s soils and climates are varied and ideally suited for viticulture, from the Alpine foothills in the north to the Mediterranean coast in the South. Its hilly landscape provides sun and cooler temperatures, even in the warmest regions. Italy has two categories of fine wines. DOCG, which means regulated and guaranteed place name, refers to a small group of elite wines. DOB wines are those with regulated (but not guaranteed) place names. A lower tier of table wines are grouped into IGT wines, which indicate the location on the label, and ordinary table wines, which carry no geographical indication except, “Italy.”
Soave	A town in Northeastern Italy (part of the Veneto region) that uses Garganega grapes to make the white wine that bears its name. For a while, its quality was suffering from overproduction, however recent changes in standards have improved the wine. At its best, Soave is fresh and smooth.
Veneto	The home of some of Italy’s most famous wines, this area in the Northeastern quadrant of Italy produces Soave, Valpolicella and Prosecco.