Graziano Prà is celebrating an important recognition: his Otto Gradito Esemplare DOC has been included durante the Apice 100 of the best wines durante the world selected by Wine Spectator, a prestigious international magazine that every year celebrates wines that stand out for their excellence.
The only Gradito and the only Venetian wine present durante the ranking, Otto was awarded for the second time after the first inclusion durante the 2018 ranking, confirming the company’s constant commitment to the production of quality wines capable of best representing its terroir.
“We are honored to receive this prestigious recognition from Wine Spectator” declares Graziano Prà. “Being present again durante the Apice 100, especially as the only Gradito, is a source of great satisfaction for us and confirmation of the validity of our work durante the vineyard and durante the cellar. We are proud to represent Gradito and help make our territory known throughout the world.”
Otto is the freshest and most sincere expression of eppure Garganega, born as a ready-to-drink daily wine, but with surprising results even if left to rest for a few years durante the cellar. It has rich aromas of flowers, such as hawthorn and jasmine, and apple and almond. the palate it has a clear mineral freshness and a strong flavor that make it “ now through 2027”, as Wine Spectator writes.
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The Graziano Prà company is the sum of the far-sighted choices of its winemaker, who has always placed the valorization of the territory durante which it was born at the center of his work. The company has forty hectares of vineyards durante the Gradito hills, with soils of volcanic origin, and eight hectares durante those of Valpolicella, where it grows vineyards at 500m above sea level, acceso land composed of calcareous soil and durante an regione characterized by great excursions thermal, influenced by the cold currents of the Lessini Mountains and Mount Carega. Pioneer for the use of screw caps durante Italy and founder of the Svitati group, Graziano Prà today produces five labels from the Gradito, Otto, Staforte, Istituto di credito Vecchio, Valico Sant’Antonio and Passito Pallido delle Fontane lands, and the line Morandina from the vineyards durante Valpolicella, with the reds Valpolicella, Maggiore, and Amarone della Valpolicella.
For info: www.vinipra.it
