Wine Alto Adige Pinot Grigio DOC 2009
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Colterenzio
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Pinot Grigio: 100%
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Tasting Notes
Wine of pale straw-yellow color.
The wine has a fairly rich fruity flavor with hints of oak and vanilla, as well as with acute acidity in the final.
The wine has an attractive aroma with notes of citrus, peach and honeydew melon.
The wine is recommended as an aperitif, but it fits well with greens, roasted sea fish (especially bass), pasta, salads and a variety of seafood dishes from poultry.
Interesting Facts
Alto Adige Pinot Grigio - one of the classic wine farm Kolterentsio. Pinot Grigio for this wine are grown in the vineyards in the vicinity of Girlan and Shrekbihl known for their low yield and natural methods of cultivation, vineyards are located 300 meters above sea level. The soils are sandy with a high content of calcium carbonate. Cool microclimate with strong contrast between day and night temperatures. After vintage wine is fermented in stainless steel vats at 18 ° C, then it was kept for a few months before bottling.
Kolterentsio cooperative was founded in 1960, when 28 local farmers decided to join forces. Today, the cooperative has already involved more than 290 winemakers, which owns about 300 hectares of vineyards. As you know, the wine region of Trentino-Alto Adige has preferred Archduke Sigismund, who lived in the castle Firmian in the 15th century, although there are still more earliest evidence of winemaking practices relating to the 15th century. bc. According to manufacturers, such a long tradition imposes certain obligations - in their case it is necessary to be able to take bold decisions.
