Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
When you look at the mountains around Terlano, this wine starts to make sense. It's got that same kind of imposing presence. Alpine herbs and ripe yellow fruits collide with this intense mineral core, like someone bottled a mountain stream running over sun-warmed rocks. The blend comes together so seamlessly you forget you're drinking separate varieties. There's power here, but it never feels heavy. Drink Now - 2045.
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James Suckling
Elegant and vibrant with white pepper and flinty minerality, lemon peel and white flowers. Full-bodied, it shows tension and crisp acidity combined with citrus flavors and a tight-knit structure full of savory notes. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Here's a beautiful wine that will appeal to those who love the lighter and crisper side of Alto Adige winemaking. The Cantina Terlano 2022 Alto Adige Terlano Riserva Nova Domus is a blend of 70% Pinot Bianco, 25% Chardonnay and 5% Sauvignon Blanc from different sites and varying elevations. You get Alpine brightness in this wine, with stone fruit, quince, spice and saffron. Brisk acidity rides over a silky finish.
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Wine Spectator
There’s a lovely, mouthwatering vibrancy to this graceful white, which offers a focused display of ripe and tangy Granny Smith apple, dried apricot, chopped almond and spun honey flavors. Fragrant on the racy finish, with hints of white blossoms, ground ginger, white pepper and fleur de sel. Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now through 2037.
With hundreds of white grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended white wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used in white wine blends, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a variety that creates a soft and full-bodied white wine blend, like Chardonnay, would do well combined with one that is more fragrant and naturally high in acidity. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.
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Taking full advantage of direct sunlight exposure on its steep slopes, many of Alto Adige’s best vineyards are planted at extreme altitude... read more