Gini's 2009 Soave Classico is especially round in this vintage. An expressive, floral bouquet leads to peaches, apricots and spices in this soft, engaging Soave. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2014.

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Straw yellow with green highlights, the wine shows aromas which recall bananas, pineapple, and flowers. Full on the palate, savory and soft, it is a pleasurable, easy-drinking wine.

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Palazzone produces delicious white wines from Umbrias indigenous varietals featuring tasty fruit, nerve and zip. The estate, which began bottling in 1982, has mastered the delicate art of adjusting the proportions of the five different grape varieties allowed in the blend by the Orvieto D.O.C. Procanico, Verdello, Grechetto, Drupeggio and Malvasia Toscana, the very same used hundreds of years ago in this region with Ancient Roman roots.

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