Nardello Soave Rising

“In recent years, Daniele and Federica Nardello have boosted the quality of their wines. Their vineyards, in some excellent locations, are coming along nicely, as the performance of the Soave Turbian 2007 shows.” Gambero Rosso 2009

There is still a massive a gulf between commodity Soave and the hand crafted Soave Classico made by top producers like this young, dynamic domaine. These are racy, textural and richly-fruited wines that are helping to resuscitate the reputation of the region.

‘Superb white wine from Soave’ is no longer an oxymoron. Along with a handful of quality producers, Daniele and Federica Nardello’s racy, textural wines are emblematic of the quality renaissance that has pulled this region up by the bootstraps. It’s been a leap from producing reservoirs of vapid, vaguely lemony wine, where fruit was considered a pointless luxury - to produce wines of genuine personality: wine made from lower yields of perfectly matured grapes, grown in the best sites. It may have taken its time but the wait has been worth every minute. In the best case scenario the... read more