This wine perfectly combines flavors of sweet berries and spicy herbs. In the aroma, nuances of fruits, earth, leather are significant. The finish is long and impressive.

Pairs well with roast lamb, beef and strong cheese.

Hand-harvested grapes are fermented for 10-14 days with the skin on.

The wine is aged for 18 months in oak barrels. It is also lightly filtered before bottling.

Vineyards are located in a sunny position at an altitude of 430 metres a.s.l. The soils are sandy with gravelly morainal 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. Read more