LLS VDI 2019

SUAVIA | Veneto

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It probably would never occur to the Tessari Family to concentrate on anything other than Soave and its two native white grapes-Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave. The name Suavia harkens back to the pre-modern-day references to Soave. The Svevia—later Suavia—were a Germanic tribe that settled in this part of northeastern Italy after the fall of theWestern Roman Empire. Vineyards have been in the Tessari hands since the late 1800’s, but it wasn’t until the early 1980’s that the family redefined what growing quality grapes could be-tying clonal selection to site-specific areas, lowering Garganega’s prodigious yields, and making the wines in tune with the terroir. Rigorous clonal research into the two white varieties has resulted in mono-varietal examples of each, both grown on pure extrusive basaltic (black volcanic) soil; Monte Carbonare (Garganega) andMassifitti (Trebbiano di Soave).

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