Wine Cantina Terlano, Pinot Bianco, 2023

Wine Pinot Bianco range of classic wines Terlano is made from selected grapes grown in vineyards Terlano at an altitude of 300-600 meters above sea level. Wine fermented at a controlled temperature in large oak barrels, followed by aging at lees for 5-7 months. The wine can be consumed young or after a 3-5-year aging in the bottle. Vintage 2013 was bottled January 13, 2014.

The history of the cooperative “Cantina Terlano” began over 100 years ago with the unification of 24 wine producers to jointly confront the invasion of phylloxera. Now society has about 100 manufacturers, the total area of vineyards “Terlano” is 150 hectares annually produces 1.2 million bottles of wine. Vineyards of the cooperative “Cantina Terlano” located in the foothills of the ridge Chogelberg, at an altitude of 250 to 900 meters above sea level, which is favorable for the cultivation and selection of grape varieties. These places are famous for unique soils composed of quartz porphyry – rock, from which earlier produced purple dye. Terroir has a strong influence on the formation of a flexible and compact structure of the wine region Terlano.

Cellar economy “Terlano” for a long time kept the most valuable vintages. Today, there you can see 12 thousand bottles of different years starting from 1955. It also contains several unique bottles of wine harvest in 1893, is as old cellar. This is one of the rarest wine collections of Italy, convincingly shows how mature and are harmonious wine “Terlano”, as well as elegant and refined, they are able to grow old.

Under the leadership of enologist Rudi Kofler in modern cellar Terlano aged red (40%) and white (60%) of wine three different lines:
Series “Slassic” consisting of white and red wines from different grape varieties Tyrol. Most of the lines are monosepazhnye recent vintages of wine. Extract these young wines, usually held in the neutral steel tanks.
A series of “Vineyard” wines are 7 best vineyards Tyrol. These wines go on sale after prolonged exposure.
Series “Selestion” – a collection of category Premium, consisting of 4 wines, including – the famous “Quarz Sauvignon”. Long exposure in barrels gives the wines complexity, rich fruit and elegance.

It is unlikely that in Alto Adige economy there besides “Cantina Terlano”, able to put on the famous wine tasting experts of “Wine Advocate” 15 class wines Premium, 14 of which received high marks – from 91/100 to 94/100 points. Moreover, there is hardly ever a second wine cooperative in Italy with an assortment of such a level. This is the phenomenon of the “Cantina Terlano” to prove that “the farm” option wine business gives results that are not inferior and sometimes far surpassing the performance of private farms.