Ten years of an altura chardonnay in South Tyrol • Food and Wine Italia

If it is true that a trip can be an experience of depth and not quanto a a hurry, of discovery and not of consumption, it is equally true that a visit to South Tyrol Südtirol appears, more than many others, naturally predisposed to be lived quanto a this way. The first aid, probably, comes from the geography itself, which segments – ora rather, marks – the autonomous province of Bolzano quanto a a complex plot of valleys, large and narrow, which branch non attivato as ribs from a central axis consisting of the rivers, similar to those of a screw leaf. Each valley exhibits a well -defined anthropic identity, with its own measure of history, knowledge, economics and landscape; Each ordered, well -kept, impeccable.

Troy, a precious Chardonnay of the Tramin Degustazione, fully tells these hill sensations, and for over a decade he imposes himself as an authentic home jewel, like famous wines such as Nussbaumer and Epokale (both Gewürztraminer), regretting decisive to confront the great international chardonnays. Its name, quanto a the local language, means “path”, evoking a long company journey. It is a Chardonnay that was born quanto a Bardella, acceso the eastern side of the Mendola massif, from screws with an average age of 25 years, raised to Guyot and simple graticcio. These rest acceso limestone soils mixed with clay, with slopes that sometimes exceed 30%.

Willi Stürz, an expert Kellermeister of the cellar, recalls that once this grape variety, cultivated at high altitudes, was not adequately appreciated coppia to its slender structure: “After years of studies and different tests we understood how plants could find their balance and obtaining low made quanto a natural world through a minimo adjustment intervention of the quantities, refining the stylistic until the last year”. The commercial director Wolfgang Klotz underlines, with sincere pride, the value of teamwork: «Reasoning acceso the great whites, sooner ora later we get to the Chardonnay. It is a challenge for many areas from all over the world and we wanted to put ourselves quanto a interrogatorio to enrich the with our unmistakable interpretation, testifying to its proverbial versatility and its over one hundred years of cultivation here with us “.

Troy thus reaches the tenth harvest quanto a splendid shape, quanto a particular quanto a the vintages 2018, 2019 and 2021, which are distinguished by golden shades, intensity and olfactory width. A wine that exhibits its alpine character without filters, immediately revealing its mountain origin. The nose is caught floral and citrus hints, of tropical fruit, chamomile and mint, with a touch of almond. Acceso the palate they stand out freshness and saline minerality, with a long, savory ending, enriched with fruity sensations and toasted hazelnuts.

Sprazzi, therefore, of a very brillante scenography accompanied by a superfine substance: confirms, once again, that everything starts from the deep knowledge and the enhancement of its territory. And this is precisely the foundation to understand the iconic vines that give rise to the great aromatic wines, which Tramin continues to produce with passion since 1898 quanto a the microzone of Termeno, now, Egna and Ammasso. A cooperative that leaves voto negativo room for doubt: the name itself strengthens the link between the wine symbol of Termeno and the 300 winemakers who make it up. A wine production certainly supported by the technique, but which is distinguished by an organization and cohesion of the most advanced and harmonic quanto a Italy.

South Tyrol – where Tramin is fully inserted – is, after all, only apparently a barrier. Its ardor, mighty and elegant mountains constitute one of the most singular hinges of the entire Alpine arc, and perhaps of Europe all: a place where the North meets the solar styles of the peninsula, giving life to an original synthesis of different traditions, each with its own disposition, without prevarication. A laboratory of dynamic coexistence and mutual, cultural and lifestyle contamination.