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“Pischl” Rosato Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2022
Pink to light ruby red. Delicately fruity bouquet of strawberry and raspberry, sour cherry, floral of violet with hints of marzipan. Elegant and harmonious fullness with fresh and juicy acidity. SUPERIORE.DE
"Intense salmon pink with copper-red reflections. Nuances of small wild berries and a hint of vanilla blossom on the nose. Soft, almost creamy on entry, dominated by strawberry with medium acidity into the finish." Falstaff
read more- Grape Variety: Regional Red Grape Varieties
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 25,15 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,20 g/l
- Sulfite: 89 mg/l
- pH value: 3,46
- Closure: screw cap
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Food recommendations: beef tartare, carpaccio, pasta dishes, pizza
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Goldmuskateller Alto Adige DOC 2021 secco
This fresh and aromatic Moscato giallo was vinified dry. The grapes come from selected, warm and sun-exposed sites on the Ritten above Bolzano at 500 metres above sea level. Light straw yellow with greenish reflections. Aromatic on the nose, hints of nutmeg and yellow fruits. It has a well-integrated acidity and convinces with a discreetly refined mineral note on the finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Moscato
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Total extract: 22,30 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,69 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,65 g/l
- Sulfite: 89 mg/l
- pH value: 3,36
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2024+
- Food recommendations: ideal companion to fish and herb cuisine, to fresh and medium matured cheese
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Eisacktaler Silvaner Alto Adige DOC 2021
Light yellow with greenish reflections, delicately scented with white melon. Varietal taste, dry, fruity, with a balanced body and nice breed. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Silvaner
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 22,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,95 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,40 g/l
- Sulfite: 98 mg/l
- pH value: 3,33
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2025
- Food recommendations: antipasti
- Allergens: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned01070621 · 0,75 l · 13,99 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping7 units available
St. Magdalener Classico Alto Adige DOC 2022
Ruby red colour, delicate scent of almonds, violets and roses. Reminiscent of red cherries and raspberries on the palate, full and velvety. A very drinkable red for every day. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 90% Vernatsch, 10% Lagrein
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Total extract: 28,42 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,20 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,57 g/l
- Sulfite: 84 mg/l
- pH value: 3,57
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Pinot Bianco Alto Adige DOC 2022
Fresh, full-bodied Pinot Blanc, a speciality of South Tyrol: fruity aromas on the nose, pleasantly balanced taste. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Bianco
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 24,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,85 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,87 g/l
- Sulfite: 103 mg/l
- pH value: 3,48
- Closure: twist lock
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Pinot Grigio Alto Adige DOC 2022
Fine Ruländer, straw-yellow colour, aromas of pear and apple on the nose. Full-bodied and pleasantly dry on the palate. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Grigio
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 23,67 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,35 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,25 g/l
- Sulfite: 94 mg/l
- pH value: 3,26
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Food recommendations: fish soup
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Eisacktaler Müller Thurgau Alto Adige DOC 2022
Aromatic cross between Riesling and Madeleine Royale. Delicate, floral bouquet with fine nutmeg notes. Fresh and lively on the palate, convincing with fine precision, fullness and backbone. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Müller-Thurgau
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Total extract: 21,75 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,65 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,50 g/l
- Sulfite: 98 mg/l
- pH value: 3,44
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Food recommendations: asparagus, wine soup, poached fish
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Chardonnay Alto Adige DOC 2022
Yellow gold, apple fruit and berry aromas, yellow fruit on the palate with a good acid structure. This Chardonnay is a successful interpretation of the noble grape variety. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 22,85 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,86 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,67 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- pH value: 3,45
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Goldmuskateller Alto Adige DOC 2022 dolce
This lovely Goldmuskateller can be recognised by its typical aromatic nutmeg scent, which is combined here with a light honeydew melon note. The fine residual sweetness gives the wine a pleasant softness and personality. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Moscato
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 12,50 % vol
- Total extract: 22,68 g/l
- Total acidity: 4,55 g/l
- Residual sugar: 56,00 g/l
- Sulfite: 165 mg/l
- pH value: 3,45
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Food recommendations: typical south tyrolean desserts such as doughnuts (berliner) and apple strudel
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Eisacktaler Silvaner Alto Adige DOC 2022
Light yellow with greenish reflections, delicately scented with white melon. Varietal taste, dry, fruity, with a balanced body and nice breed. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Silvaner
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 23,15 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,96 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,15 g/l
- Sulfite: 96 mg/l
- pH value: 3,35
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Food recommendations: antipasti
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Huck am Bach” St. Magdalener Classico Alto Adige DOC 2022
S. Maddalena Classico "Huck am Bach" is a pretty, feminine wine with a lot of character and South Tyrolean personality. Small red berries, hints of sweet spices and flowers on the nose, soft, round and fruity on the palate and very appealing length. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2021 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Varieties: 90% Vernatsch, 10% Lagrein
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Total extract: 28,75 g/l
- Total acidity: 4,86 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,26 g/l
- Sulfite: 66 mg/l
- pH value: 3,62
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Sauvignon Bianco Alto Adige DOC 2022
Greenish yellow, delicate scent of gooseberry and grapefruit, ripe tropical fruit on the palate, slightly salty spiciness, perfectly balanced, very delicate until the final. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Sauvignon
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 23,50 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,91 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,76 g/l
- Sulfite: 97 mg/l
- pH value: 3,42
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Lagrein Alto Adige DOC 2022
Lagrein Grieser with warm aromas and ripe blackberry nose and notes of lilac and cocoa. Fine and tart on the palate, beautifully balanced fruit and with a harmonious finish. The temperature differences between day and night sharpen the profile of this classic every year in a precise and structured way. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2021 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Lagrein
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 31,25 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,45 g/l
- Residual sugar: 4,50 g/l
- Sulfite: 75 mg/l
- pH value: 3,55
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Laven” Bianco Alto Adige DOC 2020 (BIO)
The porphyry soils on which the vines for the first organic wine of the successful cooperative winery stand are of volcanic origin, and the former lava flows gave the elegant, fresh wine its name. It is a perfectly successful symbiosis of the organic origins of the Bolzano region and the contemporary high standards of fresh and crisp South Tyrolean white wines.
Light straw yellow with greenish reflections. Full bouquet of ripe apple, peach and hints of tropical fruit. Firm, precise and well-structured on the palate, its pleasant acidity carries it into a remarkable finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio
- Cultivation: biological
- Expansion: concrete and stainless steel tank, wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,00 % vol
- Total extract: 21,98 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,95 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,80 g/l
- Sulfite: 72 mg/l
- pH value: 3,34
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage potential: 2024
- Food recommendations: fish soup, regional vegetarian dishes, medium-aged cheese
- Allergens: contains sulphites
- Eco-Control-No.: IT-BIO-013
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“Ceslar” Gewürztraminer Alto Adige DOC 2022
This delicate golden sparkling wine from steep vineyards selected by the cellar master at an altitude of 400 to 600 metres seduces with its intense fruity aroma of roses, lychee and grapefruit. It has a beautiful fullness on the palate, is complex and smooth at the same time and finishes with an aromatic note and well-integrated acidity. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2021 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Gewürztraminer
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Total extract: 23,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 4,55 g/l
- Residual sugar: 5,45 g/l
- Sulfite: 102 mg/l
- pH value: 3,48
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Food recommendations: asian cuisine, young to medium mature cheeses
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Blauburgunder Alto Adige DOC 2022
The grapes for this elegant Pinot Nero come from the warm and well-ventilated hillside vineyards on the Ritten and in Oberleitach. Rich ruby red in the glass. Fruity-floral bouquet with nuances of red cherries, raspberries and plums, underpinned by a fine hint of violet. Full, fruity on the palate with a beautifully velvety texture; fine tannins lead into a medium-bodied, elegant finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Nero
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 28,93 g/l
- Total acidity: 4,65 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,68 g/l
- Sulfite: 79 mg/l
- pH value: 3,62
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage potential: 2027
- Food recommendations: lamb, wild fowl such as duck or pheasant
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Puntscheit” Kerner Alto Adige DOC 2022
Light straw yellow with green reflections. Aromatic bouquet of pear, apple and orange jam. On the palate, the balanced mixture of fruit, fresh acidity and soft melting is surprising. A classic wine by the glass that makes you want to drink it again. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Kerner
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 21,20 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,58 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,10 g/l
- Sulfite: 103 mg/l
- pH value: 3,30
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 8-10 °C
- Storage potential: 2026+
- Food recommendations: light starters, egg dishes and mushroom dishes
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Collection Otto Graf Huyn” Cabernet Riserva Alto Adige DOC 2019
The "Collection" line is made from harvestedgrapes from selected, sun-drenched vineyards and stands for complex, straightforward wines with a strong emphasis on terroir.
Intense, dark ruby red. In the nose blackcurrant, blackberry, cranberry and hints of violet. The palate is full of small red berries, underpinned with dark chocolate and a spicy aftertaste. For all its complexity, the wine is never overloaded, but inspires with freshness and elegance. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months large wooden barrel
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 30,78 g/l
- Total acidity: 3,85 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,35 g/l
- Sulfite: 80 mg/l
- pH value: 3,48
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage potential: 2027
- Food recommendations: braised roast dishes, game terrines
- Allergens: contains sulphites
stored air-conditioned01072819 · 0,75 l · 18,65 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping5 units available
“Kleinstein” Chardonnay Alto Adige DOC 2022
This great Chardonnay comes from the Kleinstein estate in Signat near Bolzano. Bright yellow with green reflections, wonderfully fruity bouquet with aromas of apple, pineapple and banana. On the palate, the typical taste of a fresh Chardonnay: clear, elegant, full and pleasantly dry, lingers long. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel/barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 24,65 g/l
- Total acidity: 5,90 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,58 g/l
- Sulfite: 94 mg/l
- pH value: 3,38
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Food recommendations: crustaceans, poultry
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Dellago” Pinot Bianco Alto Adige DOC 2022
Clear straw yellow and intense, fresh scent of green apple, citrus, white flowers and nuts. Clear and juicy on the palate, unfolds with rich fruit, delicate, tense and long. SUPERIORE.DE
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The 2021 vintage received the following awards:- Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Bianco
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel tank
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,00 % vol
- Total extract: 23,45 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,15 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,85 g/l
- Sulfite: 91 mg/l
- pH value: 3,36
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Food recommendations: poultry, hard cheese
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Mock” Sauvignon Bianco Alto Adige DOC 2022
Pleasantly elegant and pleasantly unobtrusive Sauvignon Blanc from the Mock vineyard on steep slopes with gravel soils. Light greenish yellow, with a delicate aroma of elderflower, pepper, grapefruit and some gooseberry. The well-balanced taste is fruity, soft, with the right dose of power and aromatically long. For us, undisputedly one of the best Sauvignon Bianco in this price range. SUPERIORE.DE
"An archetype of a Sauvignon Bianco, a very successful product from the steep slopes at 500m altitude near Bolzano. Tension and finesse on the nose, cedar wood, white peach, iodine on the finish, a hint of basil, taut and crisp on the palate, with citrus fruits and white flesh, spicy-menthol on the finish." Luca Gardini
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Sauvignon
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: stainless steel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Total extract: 24,35 g/l
- Total acidity: 6,28 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,25 g/l
- Sulfite: 92 mg/l
- pH value: 3,44
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 10-12 °C
- Storage potential: 2027+
- Food recommendations: mediterranean salads with smoked fish
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Collection Otto Graf Huyn” Merlot Alto Adige DOC 2019
The "Collection" line is vinified from harvested grapes from selected and sun-drenched sites and stands for complex, straightforward wines with a strong emphasis on terroir. The vineyards of the comrades are located in Siebeneich and Bozen at 300 metres above sea level and offer ideal conditions for this beautiful Merlot to thrive.
Dark ruby to garnet red. Exuberant aroma of blackberries and wild berries, complemented by a refined spice component. The palate is elegant, finely fruity, almost polished. This Merlot is not at all plump like so many representatives of this grape variety - it is medium-bodied, finely accentuated and leads with fine-pored tannin into a respectable finish. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Merlot
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months large wooden barrel
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
- Total extract: 31,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 3,92 g/l
- Residual sugar: 3,28 g/l
- Sulfite: 98 mg/l
- pH value: 3,40
- Closure: natural cork
- Serving temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage potential: 2027
- Food recommendations: game, wildfowl and spicy cheese
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Moar” St. Magdalener Classico Alto Adige DOC 2021
The vines for this exceptional selection cuvée grow on the slopes of the St. Magdalener area above Bolzano at an altitude of 200-300 metres. St. Magdalener Moar is characterised by the unique interplay of location, age and cultivation of the vineyards. It captivates with its fruity and flowery notes and the full and velvety taste. On the nose, one finds the cherry, marzipan and violet tones typical of St. Magdalener. For us, it is one of the archetypes of its appellation! SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 85% Vernatsch, 15% Lagrein
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months large wooden barrel
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 29,95 g/l
- Total acidity: 4,60 g/l
- Residual sugar: 2,85 g/l
- Sulfite: 78 mg/l
- pH value: 3,52
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
- Storage potential: 2027
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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“Collection Baron Eyrl” Lagrein Gries Alto Adige DOC 2021
The "Collection" line is made from late-harvest grapes from selected, sun-drenched vineyards and stands for complex, straightforward wines with a strong emphasis on terroir. The Lagrein grapes come from sites selected by the cellar master around Gries. Intense, dark garnet red with ruby reflections. Floral bouquet of violets and roses, dark berries and herbal spice. Dense, firm on the palate with a present, soft tannin and a fine acid wire. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Lagrein
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: 12 months large wooden barrel
- Filtration: no
- Alcohol content: 13,50 % vol
- Total extract: 30,55 g/l
- Total acidity: 4,15 g/l
- Residual sugar: 1,95 g/l
- Sulfite: 78 mg/l
- pH value: 3,55
- Closure: Diam
- Serving temperature: 18-20 °C
- Storage potential: 2028+
- Allergens: contains sulphites
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Things are happening in Bolzano. The whole city seems to be on the move. With the new Bolzano Winery, it now also has a new landmark. Visible from afar, the cube with the stylised bronze-coloured wine leaf towers above the mountains in the north of South Tyrol's capital.
Most of the winery, however, was built underground into the mountainside and the roof was planted with PIWI vines in terraces. The huge cellar thus blends almost invisibly into the landscape. The people of Bolzano already call it "the cellar in the vineyard". Around 20,000 square metres on four floors now offer enough space for the impressively diverse range of almost 40 different wine specialities. Because variety has always been the speciality of South Tyrolean winegrowers. Especially at the Cantina Bolzano with its 224 members, who proudly call themselves winegrowers.
On a patchwork of hundreds of plots with a wide variety of soils, they carefully cultivate their vines in a sustainable and natural way. The variety of soils ranges from fertile glacial moraine gravel, which was washed out of the Dolomites by the rivers Etsch, Eisack and Talfer over centuries, to volcanic porphyry in a wide variety of micro-climates. Some of them also in organic farming. More than 350 hectares in total. This makes the Cantina Bolzano one of the largest wine cooperatives in South Tyrol and, at the same time, one of the top winegrowing companies in Italy for many years.
It all began in 1908, when a handful of winegrowers from the municipality of Gries joined forces to cultivate and market Lagrein, the grape variety most commonly grown in the Etsch Valley. Then in 1930, eighteen winegrowers around the St. Magdalenerberg founded another winegrowers' cooperative whose goal was to make the St. Magdalener wine made from Eisacktaler Vernatsch better known. In 2001, the two small cooperatives merged to form the "Cantina di Bolzano". To this day, the best sites are largely distributed between these two areas. This is why the Cantina Bolzano is known far beyond South Tyrol for its award-winning St. Magdalener and Lagrein wines.
In addition, there is also a variety of excellent white wines. Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon bianco, Chardonnay, Goldmuskateller and many other elegant and mineral specialities from 15 different grape varieties, ranging from inexpensive entry-level wines to the wonderful single-vineyard wines that sometimes come from dizzyingly high altitudes, as some plots are located at almost 900 metres above sea level.
Names like Taber Riserva, Huck am Bach, Moar, Mockhof or Otto Graf Huyn make the hearts of many wine lovers beat faster. There are awards for them practically every year. At home and abroad. Oenologist Stephan Filippi and his team are responsible for these successes. Together with managing director Klaus Sparer, they have formed a brilliantly successful duo since the late 1980s.
It is exciting to see what else will be possible now, as Filippi now has space for the first time to develop each grape delivery from the many vineyards in even more detail and with greater care. In the new cellar, which, by the way, was built according to the "climate house standard" - with solar panels, heat pumps and shading as well as natural cooling in the mountain - gravity is used on the four floors. This eliminates most mechanical processes such as pumping, because grapes and musts are processed most gently in the natural flow. There are suitable steel tanks or barrels for each of the vineyards and wines. Perfectionist Stephan Filippi can rejoice. And so can we wine lovers. SUPERIORE.DE
Facts
- Year founded: 2001 (Gries 1908 / St. Magdalena 1930)
- Chairman: Michael Bradlwarter
- Managing Director: Klaus Sparer
- Cellar master: Stephan Filippi
- Annual production: approx. 3,000,000 bottles
- Vineyard area: approx. 340 hectares
- Natural cultivation (partly organic)