Prà · Monte Grande Soave Classico 2023 · Veneto, Italy · 750ml
Prà Monte Grande combines Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave in a single-parcel white wine with fruit depth and mineral freshness. Citrus, orchard fruit, flint, and a long, savory finish.
Character & Style
James Suckling describes smoke, minerals, Mirabelle plum, and lemon leaves, while Vinous highlight...Show More >
Prà · Monte Grande Soave Classico 2023 · Veneto, Italy · 750ml
Prà Monte Grande combines Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave in a single-parcel white wine with fruit depth and mineral freshness. Citrus, orchard fruit, flint, and a long, savory finish.
Character & Style
James Suckling describes smoke, minerals, Mirabelle plum, and lemon leaves, while Vinous highlights green apple, salty mineral, candied citrus, and tropical melon. Wine Spectator adds pineapple, blood orange peel, almond, and a silky palate. The producer’s general note emphasizes exotic fruit, yellow citrus, freshness, and a long almond-and-vanilla finish.
Expert Reviews - Vintage 2023
James Suckling · 93 Points - A restrained wine with complex, layered aromas of smoke, minerals and peat with touches of Mirabelle plums and lemon leaves. Medium- to full-bodied on the palate, with sweet fruit, zesty acidity and a vibrant, savory finish.
Vinous · 93 Points - The 2023 Soave Classico Monte Grande is impossible to ignore as crushed flint stones and citrus zest complement crushed green apples. It stimulates the senses with a core of salty mineral and candied citrus that elevate its ripe orchard fruits, creating a sensation of boundless energy. It finishes long, mixing tropical melon with inner florals, leaving the palate salivating for more.
Wine Spectator · 93 Points - Enticing aromas of petrol and flint draw you in, with a lightly honeyed profile of juicy pineapple, dehydrated raspberry and blood orange peel fruit meeting savory hints of lentil and blanched almond. Shows precise balance and mouthwatering expression, with its finely detailed range gliding across the silky palate and expanding on the finish. Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave.
Producer Description
The minerality, which is the distinctive characteristic of this cru, gives this wine great elegance. An outstanding olfactory complexity of mature exotic fruit and yellow citrus fruits. On the palate it has good freshness with a long finish of sweet almond and vanilla. Thanks to its structure this wine has a good aging potential.
Vineyard & Winemaking Context
The supplied background describes Graziano Prà’s winery in Monteforte d’Alpone, established in the early 1980s, with family vineyards held for generations. It identifies volcanic soils as an important part of the Soave vineyards’ character and dates the first Monte Grande release to 1988.
For Monte Grande, the supplied general background lists 70% Garganega and 30% Trebbiano di Soave. Trebbiano is picked early for freshness; shoots leading to Garganega clusters are cut in September, allowing the fruit to concentrate on the vine for roughly another month. Fermentation and aging are described as taking place in large neutral 30-hectoliter botti for 10 months, followed by time in bottle. These are general production notes, not a separate verified 2023 technical sheet.
The background contains conflicting statements about organic certification, describing the Soave vineyards both as in conversion and as certified. No certification claim has been added for this bottle.
Serving & Pairing Suggestions
Serve chilled in a white wine glass and allow time for the aromas to unfold. Try with grilled fish, scallops, risotto, roast poultry, or almond-accented vegetable dishes.
Wine Details
- Producer: Prà
- Wine: Monte Grande
- Vintage: 2023
- Appellation: Soave Classico
- Region: Veneto, Italy
- Grapes: Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave
- Style: White wine
- Bottle size: 750ml
- Supplied reviews: James Suckling 93, Vinous 93, Wine Spectator 93
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