Wine is medium-intense garnet red colour a seductive bouquet of cherry, damsons, red fruits and cinnamon. Medium-rich on the palate, supple and luscious with flavours of black and red berries, velvety tannins and discreet hints of oak spice

Pairs well with meat and charcuterie.

Fermentation occurs at a constantly controlled temperature of 25° C. Then the young wine refines into casks : 2/3 in large casks and 1/3 in barriques, where it goes through malolactic fermentation. 

The wine is aged for 12 months in oak barrels and casks.

Vineyards are located at an altitude of 350 – 450 metres a.s.l.; soils are volcanic with an overlay of morainal coverage. The climate is cool with striking differences between day and night time temperatures.

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