Vinschgauer Riesling Alto Adige DOC 2024

Tenuta Falkenstein | South Tyrol
Tenuta Falkenstein | Schlossweg 19 | IT 39025 Naturns

01170524 · 0,75 l · 28,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Riesling has been native to the Venosta Valley since around 1840 – immigrated from German-speaking countries, tolerated between fruit trees and Pinot Blanc. However, its potential in these extreme locations was barely recognised for a century and a half. Only since the 1990s has the valley shown what it is really capable of. Franz Pratzner is one of those who realised this early on. His Riesling vines are planted on the Vinschgau Sonnenberg on the steepest south-facing slopes between 600 and 900 metres above sea level – dry primary rock porphyry, barren conditions, maximum sunlight, cool nights. Riesling is a late variety that needs time: harvest only at the beginning to middle of October, when the flavours have fully developed at this altitude. Then the signature of the house: fermentation in large acacia wood barrels, ten months on the coarse lees, around twelve months in the bottle.

Brilliant straw yellow colour. Wet stone, candied lemon, dark minerality, meadow flowers and white peach on the nose – complex, initially closed, then increasingly expressive. Juicy on the palate, carried by racy acidity, precise, with a salty texture and a long, dry, mineral final. Vinschgau in its purest form. SUPERIORE.DE