“Hey French – you could have made this but you didn’t” is a new generation of super-bianco, thumbing its nose at the neighbours and now sitting at the top end for Pasqua’s whites. It’s a high-altitude Garganega-based blend (80% with the balance Pinot Bianco and Sauvignon) from a single vineyard within the Soave DOC borders – a multi-vintage wine selected from only great years, with oak aging and a touch of skin contact. Taking cues from Burgundy (precision and drive), Champagne (multi-vintage for layers and complexity) and Rhône (texture and perfume), there’s really nothing else like it.
Edition IV
Vintage blend: 2019, 2016, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2013
“Deep golden yellow colour, showing its age. The bouquet is very expressive and driven by intense bush honey aromas, poached stone-fruits, toast, traces of apricot and almond, the palate quite full-bodied and again muti-layered with the tapestry of flavours brought by blending 5 vintages. The finish is clean and dry and appetising, concluding with a tannin grip and a trace of bitterness. A seriously good food wine to serve with poultry. It has something of the bouquet of a very good aged riesling. A sumptuous and impressive glass of mature white wine. “ 96 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“It breaks a number of ‘rules’ but it’s a quality play, not just a quirky play.It’s rich, textural, a touch smoky and generally, pretty damn good. There are fresh herb notes here, stonefruit, pineapple/passionfruit characters and whispers of both toasty oak and nettle. The texture is the thing, and the harmony, and the mellifluous flow of it. It’s lovely to drink, complex but accessible, with a keen stony dryness to the finish. A glass or two of this at a bar would be tip top.” 93 points, Campbell Mattinson, Winefront
“It’s complex, rich and fruit-focused with a nice marriage of richness and freshness… So many layers here, with a crystalline texture and also hints of bread and nuts on the finish. The packaging may be playful, but the wine is serious.” 94 points, Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak
Edition III
Vintage blend: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
“The oak-aged wine opens to a brilliant straw color and offers mature fruit, apricot and dried orange skin with toasted nut and spice. Despite the controversy evoked by its name, this is one of the more interesting and original wines made by Pasqua” 92 points, Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate
“A slightly outrageous concept, as the label suggests. But it works. It’s very tasty with aromas and flavors of pineapple, dried apple, sambuco and light spice. Medium-bodied with no lack of interest from start to finish.” 92 Points, James Suckling
