Balestri Valda Soave Classico DOC ‘Sengialta’ 2021 Spain Manni crafts whites that rank

Manni crafts whites that rank among the country’s finest – and they remain remarkably affordable

Quite reserved today but very pure

Whatever you call it

concentrated red fruit

Balestri Valda Soave Classico DOC ‘Sengialta’ 2021 Spain Manni crafts whites that rank'Sengialta' is a tiny cru vineyard enclosed by forest and a rugged cliff face, home to many of Laura's beehives and her best fruit. What a wine! It is 70% old vine Garganega and 30% Trebbiano di Soave hand harvested, separately fermented and matured in neutral 2000 litre botti (large, upright oak barrels) for two years. The 2020 Sengialta is fabulously complex and a lesson in texture, with aromas of lime skin, yellow orchard fruit and bursts of white