2023 Ignaz Niedrist, Sauvignon Blanc, Alto Adige Terlano-Terlaner Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Ilarria from 500 to 1000 bottles

from 500 to 1000 bottles

saline acidity

I elected this year to make slightly less in order to express the single concrete vat of Willakenzie Vineyard Gamay in the cellar

This Bourgogne Blanc comes from a 45 year old vines planted on clay and limestone soils

2023 Ignaz Niedrist, Sauvignon Blanc, Alto Adige Terlano-Terlaner Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Ilarria from 500 to 1000 bottlesEstate Sauvignon from high, breezy slopes around Terlano on porphyry and dolomitic limestone. Grapes are hand harvested and whole cluster pressed, with a spontaneous, cool fermentation split between stainless steel and large, neutral oak to balance cut and texture. The wine rests several months on fine lees with btonnage as needed; malolactic is largely blocked to preserve tension, and bottling is done with a light touch of sulfur, unfined and lightly