“Roen” Gewürztraminer Alto Adige DOC 2024 dolce

Cantina Tramin | South Tyrol
Kellerei Tramin | Weinstrasse 144 | IT 39040 Termeno

01090524 · 0,375 l · 77,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

When the first snow powders the peaks and most winegrowers have long since closed their cellars, the real work begins on Mount Roen. At the end of November, sometimes not until the beginning of December, grapes are still hanging on the vines here – golden-brown, raisined, concentrated to the essence. Every year it is a new bet with the weather, a calculated risk that the Tramin winery has been taking for decades. Because what matures here on the eastern and south-eastern slopes above Söll at an altitude of 300 to 500 metres is no ordinary sweet wine. The 15 to 25-year-old vines are deeply rooted in calcareous gravel and loamy soil, interspersed with porphyry rock. The extreme climate – mediterranean-sunny days, followed by icy downdraughts from the Dolomites – forces the grapes to concentrate, squeezing everything they have to give. The yield? A meagre 25 hectolitres per hectare. Luxury in liquid form. harvest is followed by careful maceration, then gentle pressing at just 1.2 bar. The must matures in barriques for a whole year before being left to rest in the bottle for a further few months.

The result is the colour of old gold. The nose? A kaleidoscope: rose petals and lilies, ylang-ylang and tiare, plus ripe mango, passion fruit, lychee and honeydew melon. Behind this, spicy layers of ginger, saffron, cinnamon and nutmeg. The balance on the palate is astonishing – despite an exuberant residual sweetness of almost 200 g/l, the wine remains lively, even prancing, thanks to its 7.4 g/l acidity. The finish? Endless. A meditation wine for special moments, with blue cheese or simply on its own. SUPERIORE.DE