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Kreuth

2022

“Kreuth Chardonnay offers a balanced acidity, creamy structure and an elegant play of aromas. Thanks to its complexity and mineral note, this powerful Chardonnay from the Terlano DOC area is a very long-lived wine.”
Rudi Kofler

Wine

Provenance: Alto Adige - Italy
DOC Denomination: Alto Adige Terlano
Variety: 100 % Chardonnay
Vintage: 
2022
Yield: 
56 hl/ha
Orientation: South - Southwest
Slope: 5 - 30 %
Altitude: 260 - 350 m a. s. l.

Vinification

Manual harvest and selection of the grapes; gentle pressing and clarification of the must by natural sedimentation; slow fermentation at a controlled temperature ; partial malolactic fermentation and aging on the lees for 10 months partly in stainless steel tanks (50%) and partly in big wooden barrels (50%)

Technical data

  • Alcohol content: 14 % vol
  • Residual sugar: 2,1 g/l
  • Total acidity: 5,9 g/0

Suggested glass

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Burgundy glass
Serving temperature: 12 - 14 °C

Simple pairings

An excellent companion to vitello tonnato and marinated octopus as well as to mixed antipasti and grilled vegetables; a good combination with cheese dumplings and pasta aglio olio peperoncino (with garlic, olive oil and peperoncino), and also with grilled fish with fennel, or crepes au gratin with a radicchio filling, and fresh Tomino cheese.

Detailed Pairings

Wild garlic jelly with asparagus mousse, caramelized eel, morel cream sauce and morel foam - Norbert Niederkofler (Ristorante St. Hubertus)

Recycling information

Check the regulations of your municipality
Capsule – TIN 42– plastic/aluminium - aluminium and metal collection
Cork – FOR 51 – cork - sep. collection for organic waste
Bottle – GL 71 – glass – waste glass collection
Box – PAP 20 – corrugated cardboard - waste paper collection
box 2 – PAP 21 - non corrugated cardboard - waste paper collection

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  • Wine description

    Color: brilliant straw yellow
    Smell: The aroma is built of exotic fruit components such as maracuja, star fruit and citrus, with the overall impression in the nose rounded off by spicy minerally notes of flint.
    Taste: On the palate this wine proves its importance. It impresses with a supple and firm structure. The spicy, mineral and juicy aromas give the wine a distinctive, strong terroir character.

  • Vintage

    The year began with a very dry and mild winter. A cool spring slightly
    delayed vine budding, but the normal growth cycle was restored by
    a very warm and sunny May. The first vines flowered on the earliest
    sites in the middle of the month, and the fine weather then led to a
    rapid flowering process. On the higher sites, flowering was finished
    by the beginning of June. Due to an exceptionally hot and dry
    summer, there were few problems with fungal attack, but the lack of
    rainfall pushed the vines to their limits in some cases. Rainfall and
    thunderstorms at the end of July and beginning of August put an
    end to the lack of water, thus averting drought stress and related
    quality problems and generating the comforting prospect of an early
    harvest. Harvesting began on August 24 on the earliest sites. The
    result was fully ripe and extremely healthy grapes with slightly
    reduced levels of acidity.

  • Aging

    Cool storage at constant temperatures, high level of humidity and as little light as possible
    Cellar temperature: 10 - 15 °C
    Good ageing potential > 5 years

  • Soil
    • The quartz porphyry bedrock is of volcanic origin.
    • The light, sandy-loamy soils are the foundation for naturally limited yields.
    • The soils have a 55-60% quartz content and a slightly acidic pH.
    • The minerally and distinctive wines are highly prized for their outstanding longevity.

    Soil samples taken from three different sites have revealed the presence of a subvolcanic body around Terlano, which differs in composition from the classic volcanic rock. The skeletal sandy loamy soils have a high quartz content. The absence of calcium carbonate explains the slightly acid pH values. These factors result in a high permeability to water, a limited nutrient supply and thus balanced growth with naturally limited yields. Exceptional soil conditions influence the terroir of Terlano, where the vines have developed a specific reaction to micro-stress and produce their own terroir-specific polyphenols, which give the Terlano wines their distinctive character. The result is particularly salty wines with great tension and depth. The special mix of crystals and minerals in the Terlano soils produces white wines whose unique longevity never fails to impress the world’s wine gurus.

  • Climate

    The high peaks of the main Alpine chain protect South Tyrol from the Atlantic winds and cold northerlies, while the region benefits from the Mediterranean climate from the south. Terlano has a remarkable microclimate, with pronounced differences in temperature between day and night caused by the cool downslope winds from the mountains.
    To the south, a number of mountain massifs like the Adamello also have a protective function. As a result, annual precipitation is only about one-third of the average for the southern Alpine foothills, and the number of hours of sunshine is higher. The climatic conditions are not unlike those to be found in wine-growing areas like the Swiss Canton Valais.
    When the sun rises behind the mountains east of Terlano on one of the year’s 300 sunny days, it is already high in the sky as the wine-growing area has a westerly to southwesterly exposure. The lower atmospheric density permits more direct solar irradiation with less diffuse sunlight. That increases the difference between the slopes on the sunny and shady sides of the valley.

    Microclimate in Terlano
    Continental climate (Cfa Köppen-Geiger)
    Annual sunshine hours: ø 2135
    Maximum temperatures: 38,2 °C
    Average temperatures: 12,9 °C
    Minimum temperatures: -10,7°C
    Annual precipitation: ø 600 - 700 mm
    Average global radiation: 150,1 W/m²
    Winds
    North foehn: cool and dry down-slope wind
    Ora: valley wind system from the south, bringing in air from the Po Valley