I have lifted this entire review from the Fredric the Great, the excellent reviewer of wines, from a longer article about epiphanous sparkling wines from all sorts of places. (Click here for entire review.)
The estate of i Stefanini makes some of the best Soave wines in the Veneto, especially from the 
Classico and Classico Superiore regions [actually, differing appellations from the same district]. Now the family turns its attention to a sparkling wine, the i Stefanini Spumante Brut. Produced completely from chardonnay grapes, this charming sparkler, made in the Charmat process, displays a limpid pale gold color and enticing aromas of pear, lime peel, orange blossom and dusty acacia. It’s a caressing fabric of delicate heft and presence, soft yet bright and crisp, and displaying, amid hints of slightly spicy stone fruit, just the right modicum of limestone. A pretty sparkling wine, dry, appealing and great as an aperitif. Very Good+. About $16.
Imported by Domenico Selections, New York.
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