La Froscà

Fact sheet

Type

Other

Grape

Garganega

Country

Italy

Region

Soave Classico

Appellation

Soave Classico

Body

medium

Acidity

high

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201594 pts

  Hands down one of Italy's best whites, this boasts alluring white flower and yellow stone fruit scents. The enveloping, delicious palate delivers white peach, mature pear, ginger and lemon drop flavors. Fresh acidity brightens the creamy flavors while a mineral note energizes th…

• 201492 pts

  This enticingly fragrant wine offers scents of white spring flower, apple, ginger and flint. On the elegantly structured palate, radiant acidity underscores crisp apple, Bosc pear, white peach and lemon drop, while a salty mineral note closes the tangy finish. It's an impressive…

• 201393 pts

  Year in year out, this wine is always one of the best Soaves and the 2013 is no exception. Elegant and impeccably balanced with vibrant acidity, it delivers crisp yellow apple, Bartlett pear, creamy white peach, almond and lemon zest sensations. Notes of saline and energizing mi…

• 200990 pts

  La Froscà is a rich and luminous Soave Classico that delivers vibrant tones of stone fruit, lemon blossom and dried sage. This expression shows a very pure and pristine aromatic quality.

• 200889 pts

  This vintage of La Froscà Soave Classico ushers forth a bold and sophisticated style followed by thick, almost fatty tones of mature melon and peach. Pair with food that has an acidic bite to offset the wine's creamy density. Chinese chicken salad with tangerine wedges should do.

• 200189 pts

  From a single vineyard, this exemplary Soave has great intensity and concentration, with flavors of peppers and ripe, green fruits. The wine's long fermentation wine gives it structure and great extraction of flavor.

• 199990 pts

  If you thought Gini's 1998 La Frosca was great, try this one. Yes, the price is a little higher, but it's worth it. Apple and citrus aromas start this one off. Excellent acidity and balance follow, with a smooth mouthfeel and a long finish. Whoever thought Soaves could be this g…