Gambellara DOC
No strip issued. I'm still hunting a bottle.
Soave's neighbor on the Vicenza side of the line, same black basalt hills and same grape, but with a smaller reputation and lower prices. Garganega here is dry, medium bodied and mineral, with green apple, white flowers, a smoky, flinty note and a bitter almond finish. Angiolino Maule of La Biancara is the zone's famous name, a natural wine pioneer whose skin-contact Garganega changed how a generation thinks about the grape. Zonin is headquartered here and makes a clean commercial classico.
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Can you help me get one?Bottles I'm chasing
La Biancara (Angiolino Maule)
Gambellara Sassaia
The natural wine benchmark for Garganega, skin contact and no additions, apple skin, beeswax and smoke; some vintages carry the Veneto IGT label instead.
$25 to $32Wine-SearcherCavazza
Gambellara Classico Bocara
Clean, bright, lemon and almond, from a family house with a US importer; the everyday bottle.
$12 to $16Wine-SearcherZonin
Gambellara Classico
The big Gambellara-based house's home wine, simple and fresh.
$10 to $13Wine-Searcher
| Producer | Wine | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Biancara (Angiolino Maule) | Gambellara Sassaia The natural wine benchmark for Garganega, skin contact and no additions, apple skin, beeswax and smoke; some vintages carry the Veneto IGT label instead. | $25 to $32 | Wine-Searcher |
| Cavazza | Gambellara Classico Bocara Clean, bright, lemon and almond, from a family house with a US importer; the everyday bottle. | $12 to $16 | Wine-Searcher |
| Zonin | Gambellara Classico The big Gambellara-based house's home wine, simple and fresh. | $10 to $13 | Wine-Searcher |