The Terlan Winery was founded in 1893 and is one of the most advanced winemaking cooperatives in South Tyrol. Its 143 members cultivate 190 hectares of vineyards and produce a total of 1.5 million bottles per year. For years, together with our members, we have been following with commitment and perseverance the path of quality, the same quality that has earned us fame and recognition in the Italian and international wine market. That's why, despite being relatively small, Terlano winery has become an established institution in its field.
In our modern facility we exclusively produce DOC wines, 30% red and 70% white. In 2009, we expanded the aging area to 18,000 cubic meters and completely redesigned it, also from an architectural point of view. Today, our wines find all the space they need to grow and develop fully. From the outside, the new wing of the building has a covering of red porphyry, the typical rock of the area which gives our wine a series of distinctive characteristics. The roof of the winery has been greened and covered with vines, seamlessly integrating into the surrounding cultivated landscape.
The distribution of wines produced is divided in two clearly differentiated quality lines: the Selections and the Tradition line. Moreover, every year we release on the market a "rare" wine, aged for at least ten years in our cellars, and conceived to give visibility to our philosophy of wines' longevity.
Organization
The Terlan Winery has a cooperative structure. President Georg Eyrl and vice president Hansjörg Hafner lead the board of directors - elected for a term of three years in 2020 - composed by Anton Adami, Norbert Elsler, Christoph Patauner, Ulrike Gratl, Hans-Peter Höller, Georg Spitaler, Stefan Sandrini, Robert Müller, Elmar Pichler, Konrad Rauch and Manfred Runer.
Description
“Con la stessa eleganza degli inserti di quarzo che fanno risplendere il porfido vulcanico di Terlano, la nostra selezione di Sauvignon dimostra di saper fare onore al proprio nome. Fra le sue peculiarità spiccano la struttura raffinata, la profondità e il retrogusto salato, che impreziosiscono questo nobile vino bianco, ormai assurto a fama internazionale.”
Eì così che Rudi Kofler descrive il loro stimatissimo Sauvignon Quarz. I vini di Terlano, sapidi e ricchi di carattere, entusiasmano gli esperti per la loro longevità.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colore giallo verdolino scintillante. Il bouquet di questo Sauvignon si presenta esotico e accattivante, con molteplici note fruttate di mango, papaya, limetta e pompelmo rosso, ma anche aromi di erbe come la citronella, la melissa, la menta e il tè verde. Inoltre, si avvertono un sentore di uva spina e velature minerali di pietra focaia. Al palato si coglie un gioco interessante fra gli aromi fruttati e le note delicatamente minerali, che si fondono in un sapore armonicamente pieno che diventa deciso e persistente nel retrogusto.
Fermentazione lenta a temperatura controllata e affinamento per 9 mesi sui lieviti fini, in parte in botti di legno grandi (50%) e in parte in fusti d’acciaio inox (50%). Assemblaggio tre mesi prima di imbottigliare.
