One cuvée to rule them all. The vines, undoubtedly. And this time we are not speaking about Alto Adige, distinctly familiar with producing outstanding cuvées, however about its neighbour, Trentino, which from the greatest winery in the area, Cembra, resonates with this brand name brand-new mix. Muller, Rhenish riesling and Chardonnay are the 3 lead characters, who join in a choral tribute to the oenological elevations of the location, where they rise to 800 meters above water level on 3 various level bands: “We discovered a Chardonnay of the greatest quality at 450-500 meters above water level; increasing in elevation, at 500-600 meters it was the turn of the Riesling, and at 800 meters the Müller -Thurgau”, states Stefano Rossi, the business’s young wine maker. A cuvée that has the intent of “depicting the subtleties and intricacy of Cembra in a various method, enhancing the series of 5 other labels that inform the colors of Val di Cembra”.
Cembra, mountain winery.
The business’s reward currently states everything. Due to the fact that Cembra was born exactly as the clearest expression of the vertical landscape of Trentino, establishing, beginning with the 1950s, as a cooperative referral point for the wine makers of a challenging area (we speak about brave viticulture, with balconies and slopes beyond the 40%), however with a high oenological capacity, much more so today, offered the weather potential customers. The cooperative unites 320 households of providers, who devote over 800 hours per hectare each year to looking after the vineyards (in a “regular” business 300 suffice), in order to get restricted however top quality production. All operations in the vineyard are performed by hand and the wine makers likewise need to handle weather condition problems, which are more noticable and regular in the valley.
The Cembra Valley.
Although the history of the winery is rather current, the Trentino valley boasts an extremely ancient enological history, considered that in the countryside on the southern side of the Doss Ciaslìr of Cembra, a Rhaeto-Etruscan bronze basin, going back to the fourth century, was discovered in 1848. BC, called Situla di Cembra. From a geographical viewpoint, the valley establishes on the sides of the Avisio stream, in a complex set of woods, orchards and 30% of terraced vineyards, supported by 708 km of dry stone walls. Lastly, the soils are identified by the existence of the valuable red porphyry, whose quarries, in the 2nd half of the 20th century, conserved the location from migratory circulations, guaranteeing that the conventional wine-growing activity likewise gained from it.
Zymbra.
The cuvée bears the name of the ancient toponym of the valley, Zymbra and is born from a choice of the very best lots of Müller-Thurgau, Chardonnay and Rhenish Riesling from the 2019 harvest, among the best and most current of the last years. All the vineyards included lie on high terraced slopes with south, south-west and south-east direct exposures, on soils abundant in porphyry and sand. In the cellar, the grapes, after soft pushing, were vinified independently and aged in steel, other than for a little part which grew in barrique for around 24 months. The mixing of the 3 white wines in equivalent parts was followed by an additional rest of 18 months in the bottle. Zymbra is launched as Igt Vigneti delle Dolomiti, just in the very best years and in a minimal edition of 3,000 bottles, debuting in fall 2023.
The tasting.
In the glass it has a gorgeous light and dazzling gold color. On the nose, the fruity notes of Müller-Thurgau discussion with the a little smoky among Riesling, likewise leaving space for subtleties of mountain herbs, flint and fragile vanilla. Freshness wins in the mouth, stabilized by the structure and subtle fatness of the Chardonnay, for a two-way beverage that continues in an enjoyable salinity. The aging potential customers are interesting.
