Colterenzio, Lafoa Alto Adige Gewurztraminer 2018

The wine is bright yellow. In delicious, intensive bouquet the aromatic and floral hints of honey and ginger and a flavour of lychees are noticeable. Full-bodied, luscious but dry wine with pleasant acidity.

An excellent combination with Chinese and Thai cuisine, creamy Indian curries, foie gras, duck, lobster or crayfish, as well as blue cheeses such as gorgonzola and stilton.

Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at temperature of 18°C․

The wine is aged refines on its fine lees for 12 months․ 

Lafoa is the name of a separate vineyard lying on a hill between the villages of Colterenzio and Cornayano at an altitude of 400-450 m above sea level.  

Selected vineyards at altitudes of 450-550 metres a.s.l.; gravelly, sandy and in some areas loamy with calcium carbonate deposits.

Colterenzio is the flagship of the South Tyrol winery, founded in 1960 and today has 290 members․ In the 1980s the director Luis Reifer brought new ideas to Italian wine revolution. He began trying barrique fermentation for whites and aging for reds. Few in Italy can match the combination of style and variety of wines that are of such a high standard.