Pieropan Soave Classico La Rocca 2014

Professional Ratings

• 94 James Suckling
  A dense and layered white with sliced-apple, pineapple and honey character. Medium to full body, hot stones, bright fruit and a long and flavorful finish. So many peach and lemon undertones. A gorgeous wine.
• 92 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  The 2014 Pieropan La Rocca Soave Classico is a white wine that you can chew on and serve with a sumptuous meal that many would reserve for red wine pairings. Its concentration would work well with organically raised game hen. Drinks nicely now. (Tasted: October 10, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2014 Soave Classico la Rocca is a beautiful wine that should hold for the best part of the next decade. This is a sophisticated expression from the appellations with apricot, honey, saffron and slightly toasted oak aromas. The wine remains balanced and harmonious throughout, despite the difficulties of this vintage. Soft and luscious fruit flavors add weight and importance to the finish.
• 91 Wine & Spirits
  The 10- to 50-year-old vines in Pieropan's La Rocca vineyard cling to chalty-clay soils on the southwest slope of Mount Rochetta, ripening the Garganega grapes into late October for this rich and spicy wine. Brief skin contact lends deep color and lush flavors of lemon curd and baked apple. Fifteen months in oak barrels heightens the sumptuous character, imparting notes of vanilla bean and toasted nuts, yet the wine maintains a tight acidity that pulls the rich flavors in an upward spiral. A few years of cellaring will allow the flavors to knit together.
• 91 Wine Spectator
  Elegant and creamy, this light- to medium-bodied white offers rich hints of peach tart and pastry cream alongside more delicate honeysuckle, star fruit and ginger flavors. The fresh finish lingers with minerally smoke and stone notes. Drink now through 2021.