Features
Name:
Fass Nr. 9 Vernatsch 2022 Girlan
Terrain:
Colterenzio 450 m a.s.l. 30-year-old vines from the vineyards of Cornaiano and Colterenzio on moraine-gravel soil
Cellar
On the Monte di Mezzo, not far from Bolzano and Lake Kaltern in the village of Cornaiano, formerly called Girlan, stands the Girlan winery. It was founded in 1923 by 23 winegrowers and today has as many as 200 members spread over a vineyard cultivation area of 220 hectares, in the best growing areas of the Oltradige and Bassa Atesina at altitudes ranging from 450 to 500 metres between San Michele and the Adige Plain. 1980, the Girlan Winery increasingly focused on the Pinot Noir grape variety and launched the Trattmannhof Mazon Pinot Noir for the first time. In '75, the pioneer Hartmuth Spitaler recognised the unique potential of the Gschleier sub-zone and produced a Vernatsch exclusively from this sub-zone for the first time. In addition, a close collaboration was established with the artist Paul Flora regarding label design. The Girlan philosophy is, on the one hand, to revalue the old South Tyrolean grape varieties (Vernatsch, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir) and, on the other hand, to create wines with character from international grape varieties (Chardonnay and Sauvignon), while still tying them to the terroir. All this while respecting the times dictated by nature, with sustainable farmingThe wines are among the most awarded in the region and available in more than 30 countries.
Description
The vine variety called Vernatsch is a synonym for the Schiava gentile, Schiava grigia and Schiava grossa vines, which are mainly concentrated in Trentino South Tyrol.
Girlan Winery's 'Fass Nr 9' is a fresh and delicate Schiava whose vineyards are located around the village of Girlan and the hamlet of Colterenzio at an altitude of 450 metres on glacial-age moraine hills. The position and exposure of the slope guarantee optimal sunshine, which, together with the moraine-gravel soil, results in an elegant wine with good ageing potential. The first Vernatsch to make it onto the wine lists of luxury restaurants already in the 1960s.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Luminous ruby red
The aromas on the nose are endowed with beautiful intensity of small berries and red flowers that immediately give way to spices, bark and undergrowth.
On the palate the character is delicate with a concentration of velvety tannins, an extraordinary wine: easy to drink and complex with a pleasant and harmonious persistence on the whole.
Storage time:
5-6 years
Vinification
Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel vats
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