Honeyed apricot and glazed nectarine fruit notes are ripe and juicy in this finely balanced sweetie, which is enlivened by tangy acidity. Rich hints of praline, meringue and candied coconut linger with the ripe fruit on the finish. Exuberant. Drink now through 2023. 335 cases made, 25 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Recioto di Soave Select to Add

The 2013 Recioto di Soave La Perlara (500-milliliters) opens to a deep golden color with luminous amber and copper highlights. This is a bright and polished dessert wine with generous aromas of candied fruit, apricot, almond marzipan, brown sugar and maple syrup. This beautiful Recioto di Soave reveals thick consistency and long flavors of honey, spice, raisin and yellow fruit. Garganega grapes are dried for up to six months and the wine is fermented in barrique.

Rich, spiced and beautifully balanced, with melt-in-your-mouth texture and an expansive palate of baked apricot, angel food cake, caramel, lemon confit and smoky roasted hazelnut. Long and mouthwatering on the honeyed finish. Drink now through 2025. 833 cases made, 32 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Recioto di Soave Select to Add

The 2008 Recioto di Soave La Perlara is a gorgeous wine redolent of tangerine peel, dried flowers, mint, roses and burnt sugar. Clean layers of minerality support the fruit through to the focused, long finish. This is a totally engaging wine from Ca’ Rugate. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2018. Importer: Massanois Imports, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 470-6769

5 Delicious and super-intense in the most beautiful way, this golden Recioto di Soave imparts aromas of honey, yellow rose, dried apricot and candied orange skin. It’s sweet and thick but not in a heavy or cloying way. Lovely. ——M.L.(12/31/2011)—— 94