Pinot Bianco Vorberg Riserva 2018 Alto Adige DOC - Cantina Terlano

Pinot Bianco Vorberg Riserva 2018 – Cantina Terlano

Cantina Terlano, founded in 1893, is the South Tyrolean cooperative most famous for the longevity of its whites, and Pinot Bianco is the grape on which it built that reputation. Vorberg is its single-vineyard Pinot Bianco Riserva, one of the benchmark whites of Alto Adige.

The Vorberg vineyard covers about 20 hectares between 450 and 900 metres, facing south and south-west, on volcanic soils (the quartz porphyry typical of Terlano) rich in silica. The wine ferments in wooden casks and matures for 12 months on its fine lees, then settles in concrete and rests in bottle before release.

The 2018, with a few years in bottle, shows pear, apple, white fruit, flowers, citrus and a mineral note, with a full yet taut palate and a savoury finish; with time more complex hints of herbs and dried fruit emerge. With risotto, baked fish, white meat and soft cheeses.

At a glance: Pinot Bianco 100% · 14% ABV · 0.75 l · Cantina Terlano, Terlan (BZ)