Inama Vin Soave Soave Classico 2024

“Bright aromas of flowers, angelica and apricots with an undertone of sulphur smoke. Silky attack,light to medium body and graceful, refreshing acidity. Drink now.” - 92 PTS, JAMES SUCKLING (07/2025)

DISTRIBUTOR NOTES:

WINE OVERVIEW: "Vin Soave is the main production for the estate, an entry-level wine that nevertheless comes from vineyards farmed the same way as for Inama’s reserve wines—“a little luxury for everyday.” The wine is made of 100% Garganega from vineyard selections located in Monteforte d'Alpone and Soave. Vines are 30 years of age, growing on Basaltic lava soil between 100 to 200 meters. All fruit is hand picked, de-stemmed and crushed, followed by 4-12 hours of skin contact and gentle pressing. Cold settling for 12-24 hours at very cold temperatures. Alcoholic fermentation occurs in stainless steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation. Racking and maturation in stainless steel for about 8 months.

The use of stainless-steel tanks stresses the importance of freshness and Garganega's floral notes. Along with the enhanced minerality from the vineyards' volcanic soil, the result is a wine with great versatility in combination with food."

QUICK FACTS:

FARMING: Sustainable
VARIETAL COMPOSITION: Garganega
REGION: Veneto
APPELLATION: Soave
SUB-APPELLATION: Soave Classico
ABV: 12%

WINERY OVERVIEW: "Producing classic wines from the Veneto is the Inama family’s vocation and passion. In the 1960s Giuseppe Inama, the estate's founder, began using his savings to purchase small plots of vineyards in the heart of the Soave Classico region. At the time few understood the area's potential but Giuseppe believed that he could make a wine capable of restoring Soave's reputation by working with only top quality vineyards of old-vine Garganega (Soave’s original grape).

Today, Inama comprises 70 acres of vineyards in the heart of the Soave Classico and Giuseppe’s son Stefano, who assumed control of winemaking in 1992 and has a worldly outlook, is considered a dynamic visionary of the region. Using Garganega, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc he has produced wines unique to the Inama brand. Inama also grows traditional Bordeaux varietals on 60 acres in the Colli Berici, Italy’s oldest DOC for Cabernet and Merlot grapes; their Carmenére vineyards here date back to the 1800s. This historic, though little known zone south of Vicenza has a temperate climate and is marked by unique ancient geological seismic events called “bradyseism”—volcanic ridges generating a soil extremely rich in trace elements and minerals. Inama feels this terroir is the most underrated and under-realized in Italy and his goal is to produce great wines from these hillsides."