Wine Colterenzio, Muller Thurgau, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, 2022

Description

Dry white wine Colterenzio, Muller Thurgau is made from German grape variety Mueller Thurgau grown in northern Italy in the region of Alto Adige. The rolling hills, called Oltradige, located at an altitude of 200-500 meters above sea level and lies south-west of the city of Bolzano. The wort obtained from carefully selected grapes fermented in steel containers at a controlled temperature of about 18 C. Then drink a few months kept on the lees in stainless steel tanks. Filtered before bottling wine.

The name of the cooperative Kolterentsio comes from the village near Kolterentsio Girlana. Here is one of Europe’s oldest vineyards planted by the Romans. Kolterentsio cooperative was founded in 1960, when 28 local farmers decided to join forces. Today, the cooperative has already involved more than 290 winemakers, which owns about 300 hectares of vineyards. As you know, the wine region of Trentino-Alto Adige has preferred Archduke Sigismund, who lived in the castle Firmian in the XV century, although there are still more earliest evidence of winemaking practices relating to the times of ancient Rome. According to manufacturers, such a long tradition imposes certain obligations – in their case it is necessary to be able to take bold decisions.

On the labels of wines Colterenzio depicts the silhouette of the XV century castle, built by Archduke Sigismund, who was a great connoisseur of wines and foster the development of vineyards in the area. Currently, this castle is almost destroyed.