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Girlan IGT 448 Rosso Vignetti D Dolomiti 2016
$27.99
6 PACK BUY. Wonderfully bright, aromatic Northern Italian red, excellent value.
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Description
Girlan is one of the finest ‘grower collectives’ in Northern Italy’s spectacular Alto Adige, a stone’s throw from the Austrian and Swiss borders and encircled by the saw-toothed Dolomite Mountains, producing exemplary whites and reds. They have long encouraged their growers to focus on those varieties that best suit their soils, aspects and altitudes and they have led the way in single ‘commune’ and single vineyard wines. Girlan was also one of the first collectives in Alto Adige to pay its growers according to the quality of their fruit and apply strict controls on yields.
It is important to understand the central role that collective wine growing has had in Alto Adige. For a multitude of reasons including: geographic isolation, mountainous topography and tiny average holdings, local growers have historically banded together to form co-operatives. Over 70% of the region’s wines are produced by such co-ops and a number, including Girlan, control a wonderful array of the region’s finest sites.
Over the last 10 years Girlan has been busy establishing itself as one of the most interesting names of Alto Adige. It was the arrival of new cellarmaster Gehard Kofler in 2006, however, that really kicked things up a gear. By 2008, Girlan had five wines competing for Gambero Rosso’s ‘Tre Bicchieri’ (‘Three Glasses’) with one 2008 wine eventually winning this top designation. Girlan and Kofler control some great sites in Alto Adige’s Uberetsch-Unterland subregion. Their wines are of great freshness, delicacy and aromatic complexity, a sure reflection of great sites, low yields and the rigour that Kofler brings to Girlan’s spotlessly clean cellar.
From a vintage built on fresh vibrant fruit and ripe tannins, this perfumed, fleshy, young red is drawn from grapes grown at around 448 metres above sea level in the Alto Adige. It’s crafted predominantly from a blend of two indigenous Südtirol varieties – Lagrein and Schiava – with 20% Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir). The Lagrein comes from the deep, sandy soils of the Bassa Atesina (a warm terroir, ideal for ripening Lagrein). The Pinot Nero and Schiava grapes are grown on the hillside vineyards of Cornaiano, in sunny, well-aired vineyards. Fermentation is in tank and old barrels before the wines complete their maturation in concrete vats. The result is a wonderfully bright and aromatic northern Italian charmer, blending sweet and tangy blackcurrant and cherry fruit, savoury mountain herbs, and sappy freshness in a wine of understated satisfaction. Simply a great value Südtirol red.
RRP $32 *SPECIAL 6 PACK – Only $27.99 when you buy 6 of this wine*
Additional information
Producer | Girlan |
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Region or Country | Alto Adige, Italy |
Variety | Lagrein, Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 2016 |
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