Vinschgauer Riesling Alto Adige DOC 2024

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

01170524 · 0,75 l · 28,00 €/lavailable immediately

Riesling has been at home in the Vinschgau Valley since around 1840 – , having been introduced from German-speaking regions, where it was tolerated amongst fruit trees and Pinot Blanc. Yet its potential in these extreme terroirs went largely unrecognised for over a century and a half. It is only since the 1990s that the valley has shown what it is truly capable of. Franz Pratzner is one of those who realised this early on. His Riesling vines are planted on the Sonnenberg in the Vinschgau Valley, on the steepest south-facing slopes between 600 and 900 metres – of dry, ancient porphyry bedrock, with barren conditions, maximum sunshine and cool nights. Riesling is a late-ripening variety that takes time: harvest only takes place in early to mid-October, when the aromas have fully developed at this altitude. Then comes the winery’s signature style: fermentation in large acacia wood barrels, ten months on the coarse lees, and around twelve months’ bottle ageing.

A radiant straw-yellow colour. On the nose, wet stone, candied lemon, dark minerality, wildflowers and white peach – complex, initially reserved, then becoming increasingly expressive. On the palate, it is juicy and underpinned by racy acidity; precise, with a salty texture and a long, dry, mineral final. The Vinschgau in its purest form. SUPERIORE.DE

"Aromatic lemons, peaches and dried herbs on the nose. A bright linear palate, refreshing and mineral with a lifted texture." Decanter