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2016 Cantina Terlan Pinot Bianco Vorberg Riserva

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October 29, 2023 - $41

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RATINGS

95The Wine Advocate

...excellent Pinot Bianco concentration with generous layers of stone fruit, pear and poached apple. The finish is long and smooth.

95James Suckling

Love the dried-flower and pie-crust aromas to the sliced-apple character. Full body. Very fruity and vivid. Flavorful finish. Excellent.

94Vinous / IWC

Very clean candied citrus peel, baked apple, fresh pear, beeswax and mineral aromas complicated by white flowers on the complex nose. Then very pure and fresh, with the Pinot Bianco–typical mellow mouthfeel lifted here by juicy, vibrant acidity. Finishes long and clean.

REGION

Italy, Alto Adige

Alto Adige is a DOC zone in Northeastern Italy with a strong Austrian personality, thanks to its location in the southern Alps just under Austria. The region is officially bilingual, and the names of vineyards and wines often given in German and Italian. The area was a part of Austria until 1918 and is still frequently referred to as South Tyrol. Bolzano is the capital of Alto Adige, which is often linked with its neighboring region Trentino. Alto Adige has about 13,000 acres of vineyards, some as high as 3,200 feet above sea level. Like many parts of Italy outside Tuscany and Piedmont, Alto Adige wines 40 years ago were primarily undistinguished jug wines. But in the last few decades the quality has improved so extraordinarily that Gambero Rosso in 2016 announced that producers in Alto Adige had won more 3 Glass awards per acre of vineyards than any other Italian appellation except for Valle d’Aosta. The key white grapes in Alto Adige are Gewurztraminer, Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Sylvaner, Muller-Thurgau and Pinot Grigio. The most important red grapes are Schiava, Lagrein, Teroldego, Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) and Cabernet Sauvignon.