“Monogramma” Müller-Thurgau Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2022

Pojer e Sandri | Trentino
Az. Agr. & Distilleria Pojer e Sandri | Loc. Molini 4 | IT 38010 San Michele all'Adige

01190922 · 0,75 l · 32,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Luigi Veronelli was regarded as Italy’s most influential wine critic of the 20th century. In the 1970s, he named the Müller-Thurgau from Pojer e Sandri in the Palai vineyard his absolute benchmark wine for the variety. Mario Pojer recalls: “Today, 50 years on, we pay tribute to the variety that has found its ideal habitat.” Fifty years later – the character remains the same. The conviction remains. Palai lies at 700 metres. This is the estate’s highest vineyard – the same one that gives Pinot Noir its alpine coolness and Riesling its precision. For Müller-Thurgau, it is the ideal terroir: a long growing season, cool nights, marked diurnal temperature variation, chalky soils, and the breeze of the Ora del Garda.

The grapes for the Monogramma are harvested 10 to 12 days after normal ripeness – deliberately late to allow for a hint of botrytis, which lends the wine additional aromatic depth. Then comes the house philosophy: grape washing, oxygen-free pressing, fermentation in steel, bottle ageing. Bottled, like almost all their wines, with a screw cap – a deliberate statement: this wine needs no cork to be taken seriously, and it certainly remains fresh and unadulterated this way.

Straw yellow with greenish highlights. The bouquet is intense and slightly aromatic: yellow fruit, citrus, tropical fruit, and, in the background, the characteristic hydrocarbon notes that betray the Riesling heritage of the crossbreed. On the palate, full-bodied, round and smooth, with a freshness that carries the final. Veronelli’s benchmark – still holds true today and makes a statement. SUPERIORE.DE