Contact
If we can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact us, or drop by the Rose & Crown during business hours:
email: roseandcrown@alderney.ws
phone: +44 (0) 1481 823414
fax: +44 (0) 1481 823615
The Rose & Crown Hotel
Le Huret,
Alderney
UK Channel Islands
Delivery on Alderney is free :-) we deliver Monday to Saturday between 10am and 1pm.
Please note that we cannot deliver off-island.
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Soave Classico Superiore 99
Wine; vintage: 1999; ABV: 12.5%;Bright colour, yellow gold straw. Nose is delicate, a little minted. Very interesting complex flavour, excellent structure, good acidity with soft texture. Have with soups, starters, vegetables, egg dishes and fish.
Grape varieties: Garganega;
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country: Italy
region: Soave
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vintage: 1999
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Leonildo Pieropan
The Company was founded by Dr. Leonildo Pieropan in 1890. Whilst his two sons, Fausto and Gustavo took on the company and ran it with the same passion, it was the youthful enthusiasm of his grandson Leonildo that revolutionised it. The company is now run by Leonildo & Teresita.
The principles for their wine growing are their understanding for their land, their love of local culture and the longstanding family history of grapegrowing and winemaking.
Nino’s vineyard husbandry is also innovative for the region and includes spur pruning, crop thinning and the use of organic fertilizers. In addition, he studies and helps preserve endangered varieties of grape and continues to work for recognition for the Garganega grape.
Pieropan’s winery exemplifies the culture of quality intrinsic to his winemaking: the drying chambers for the grapes designed for Recioto and even the winery itself, the fruit of generations of research. Pullici, the lovingly restored building dating back to
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Images from Leonildo Pieropan
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