Pasqua Wines Continues Its Experimental Wine Experience
References: prnewswire
The Verona-based winery Pasqua Wines announced the launch of the fifth edition of its experimental wine project 'Hey French: You Could Have Made It But You Didn't.' This was timed with its sponsorship of the Estate Teatrale Veronese cultural festival.
The 'Hey French: You Could Have Made It But You Didn't' "represents the boldest expression of the winery's experimental spirit." The expression employs a rare multi-vintage blending technique for still wines in Italy, combining six vintages from 2015 to 2024 through joint maceration and aging in barriques and tonneaux. This results in a complex profile of exotic fruit, chamomile, sage, rose buds, almond notes from Garganega, herbaceous hints from Sauvignon Blanc, and subtle volcanic minerality.
Image Credit: Pasqua Wines
The 'Hey French: You Could Have Made It But You Didn't' "represents the boldest expression of the winery's experimental spirit." The expression employs a rare multi-vintage blending technique for still wines in Italy, combining six vintages from 2015 to 2024 through joint maceration and aging in barriques and tonneaux. This results in a complex profile of exotic fruit, chamomile, sage, rose buds, almond notes from Garganega, herbaceous hints from Sauvignon Blanc, and subtle volcanic minerality.
Image Credit: Pasqua Wines
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Multi-vintage Blending — Combining multiple vintages into a single still wine creates layered flavor complexity and supply-flexible products that challenge traditional vintage-driven marketing.
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