Manincor Alto Adige Pinot Nero Mason 2012
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Pair with fried, roast and grilled red meats, venison, game and mature soft cheeses.
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Structured and elegant, this offers aromas of strawberry, mint, forest floor and an earthy note of leather. The savory palate delivers juicy wild cherry, mineral and baking spice alongside firm, polished tannins.
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While Pinot Noir is certainly not indigenous to Italy, it grows with intriguing success throughout the cooler, high-altitude regions of the north, occupying approximately 8,000 acres in total. Elegant, food-friendly, dry red wine examples of Pinot Noir (locally called Pinot Nero) can be found from Alto Adige, Friuli, Valle d’Aosta and the Oltrepo Pavese region of Lombardy. In Oltrepo Pavese, it is also sometimes blended with Barbera to good effect. Lombardy’s Franciacorta region grows Pinot Noir, along with Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc, to produce stunning examples of sparkling wine made using the traditional method, i.e. the same method used to make Champagne.