VINOUS.COM | Quality Campaign in Veneto

When Eric Guido (Vinous.com) talks about the current status of the Veneto wine region, he rightly calls it "a constant process of development".

He writes: "Whether it is Valpolicella, Soave or one of the smaller production areas in the region, Veneto has undergone an enormous change in a seemingly very short period of time – mostly in a positive direction. However, in a region like Valpolicella, where some wines are only released a decade after the grape harvest, these changes have been taking place for much longer than most of us realise. (...)

But now let's move next door to Soave: like a mirror image of the Valpolicella quality pyramid, the classifications in Soave make a big difference, especially between the Classico zone and the appellation's extended growing areas. The Classico area of Soave includes high elevations, steep slopes and a mixture of volcanic and densely layered limestone and clay soils known as Scaglia Rossa, and is recognisable at a glance at the map." (...)

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