Recioto di Soave - Sette Dame - Latium

The Recioto di Soave DOCG Sette Dame by Ilatium is one of the rarest and most precious expressions of Veronese winemaking — a wine whose roots reach back to the most ancient history of these volcanic hills, when sweet wines from dried grapes were considered the pinnacle of local production, offered to bishops and Venetian Doges as a symbol of magnificence and territorial pride.

Ilatium is a small producer in the Soave Classico zone who interprets the territory with artisan respect and a thoughtful modern vision, producing the Sette Dame in extremely limited quantities only in vintages where the Garganega grapes achieve the perfect ripeness required for appassimento. The grapes, selected bunch by bunch, are laid on traditional drying racks and left to dry for several months, losing a large proportion of their moisture and slowly, naturally concentrating sugars, aromas and structure. Fermentation is arrested before the complete consumption of the sugars, preserving a natural, velvety and harmonious sweetness.

The name "Sette Dame" — Seven Ladies — evokes the seven hills of the Soave Classico zone, each with its own character, each contributing a fragment of complexity that we find in the glass. The colour is deep golden yellow with amber highlights, luminous and captivating. On the nose it is intoxicating and complex: acacia honey, dried apricot, ripe figs, orange blossom, vanilla, saffron and a characteristic volcanic pumice stone minerality that no other territory in the world can replicate. On the palate it is velvety and sweet but never cloying — Garganega's natural acidity perfectly balances the sweetness, leading to an exceptionally long, elegant and persistent finish.

Served cool at 10-12°C in dessert glasses, this is one of the most extraordinary and least-known wines in the Emporio Divino Veronese selection. A wine to give as a gift, to treasure, to open on occasions that truly deserve something remarkable.