Nose

fruity aromas of ripe blackberry and wild berries, notes of fine herbs, reminiscent of humus, spicy

Palate

dense and complex with elegant tannins and a persistent aftertaste

Growing Conditions

Warm and dry quartz porphyry soils on selected gentle slopes at Settequerce near Bolzano

Harvest

By hand. Beginning to middle of October

Winemaking

After traditional red wine fermentation in wooden vats, the young wine matures for about a year in French barriques and in large wooden barrels.

Appearance

dark ruby to garnet

Food Pairing

Substantial dishes with grilled dark meats, game, wildfowl and hard cheeses