Basically, tasting the South Tyroleans is always cause for joy. The average qualities are pleasingly high, and we hardly ever encounter really weak samples any more anyway. In the last 20 years, the wines of the region have really only gone up.
IDM South Tyrol/Florian Andergassen
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Recently, however, the tasting days on which we dealt with South Tyrol became more and more exhausting. Because here, too, climate change is clearly making itself felt in the form of ever higher alcohol levels in the wines.
With Gewürztraminer we have been used to this for a long time, but in the meantime we have also reached 14% for most of the other varieties in our tasting series, which are staggered according to alcohol, often after just a few wines, and at the end of the tasting it is not uncommon for it to be 15%. For most wine drinkers, the carefree drinking fun should be over by then, no matter how good the wine tastes.
It is imperative to take countermeasures here. Some South Tyrolean producers are already demonstrating that viticulture is not helpless in the face of global warming, and not only at high altitudes, by producing much lighter yet remarkably expressive wines.
Surprisingly, many Pinot Noirs are developing completely against the trend. So far, the South Tyrolean representatives of Pinot Noir have not been fine enough for higher consecrations. This year, however, we tasted a whole series of astonishingly fresh, polished and elegant wines that made us forget the other efforts of tasting for a while. We could get used to this trend.
We have tasted well over 300 wines for this BEST OF, the best of which we present to you here as well as in PDF as well. You can find links to all the wines by clicking on the respective headings. We would like to take this opportunity to recommend the Vernatsch to you. These wines, which are often extremely easy to drink, but at the same time surprisingly complex and fine when they are at their best, usually find it a little difficult to make it into a list of best wines according to points. But when it comes to drinking pleasure, also and especially in the upcoming warm season, it is one of our favourites.
- 94WP "30 years of Löwengang", Lageder
- 93WP 2014 "Löwengang", Lageder
- 90WP 2015 "Sanct Valentin", St. Michael-Eppan
- 89WP 2014 Riserva "Baron Salvadori", Nals-Magreid
- 88WP 2016 "Furioso", T. Pichler
- 88WP 2015 "Maturum", K. Martini
- 88WP 2013 Riserva, Bolzano
- 88WP 2016 "Cardellino", Elena Walch
- 88WP 2015 "Lafóa", Schreckbichl
- 92WP 2015 "Quartz", Terlan
- 91WP 2016 "andrius", Andrian
- 91WP 2015 "Lieben Aich", Manincor
- 91WP 2016 "Lafóa", Schreckbichl
- 90WP 2016 Englar Castle
- 90WP 2016 "Oberberg", Kornell
- 90WP 2015 "Tannenberg", Manincor
- 90WP 2016 "Sanct Valentin", St. Michael-Eppan
- 89WP 2014 Riserva, Bolzano
- 89WP 2015 "salis", Oberstein
- 89WP 2016 "Mervin", Merano
- 89WP 2013 "Castel Giovanelli", Kaltern
- 88WP 2015 Passeier
- 88WP 2016 "Mantele", Nals-Magreid
- 88WP 2016 "Puiten", T. Pichler
- 88WP 2016 "Maso delle Rose", Weger
- 88WP 2016 "Flora", Girlan
- 88WP 2016 "Winkl", Terlan
- 90WP 2015 Riserva "Vorberg", Terlan
- 89WP 2015 "Eichhorn", Manincor
- 89WP 2015 "Sanct Valentin", St. Michael-Eppan
- 88WP 2016 "Haberle", Lageder
- 88WP 2016 Englar Castle
- 88WP 2016 "Puntay", Erste+Neue
- 88WP 2016 "Sirmian", Nals-Magreid
- 88WP 2016 "Anna", Tiefenbrunner
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Passion", St. Pauls
- 88WP 2015 "lapis", Oberstein
- 91WP 2015 "Sanct Valentin", St. Michael-Eppan
- 89WP 2016 "Unterebner", Tramin
- 89WP 2015 "Unterebner", Tramin
- 88WP 2016 "Castel Ringberg", Elena Walch
- 88WP 2015 "Penóner", Kurtatsch
- 88WP 2016 Korb Castle
- 88WP 2016 Garlider
- 88WP 2016 "Hausmannhof", Haderburg
- 90WP 2016 "Kastelaz", Elena Walch
- 90WP 2015 "Nussbaumer", Tramin
- 89WP 2016 Korb Castle
- 89WP 2016 "Hohenstein", Baron Longo
- 89WP 2016 "Damian", Kornell
- 88WP 2016 "Auratus", Ritterhof
- 88WP 2016 "Flora", Girlan
- 88WP 2015 "Rutter", Pfitscher
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Brenntal", Kurtatsch
- 88WP 2016 "Stoass", Pfitscher
- 88WP 2015 Castle Englar
- 88WP 2013 "Exilissi" Baron di Pauli
- 88WP 2016 "movado", Andrian
- 88WP 2016 "Lyra", Nals-Magreid
- 88WP 2016 "Hautnah", Garlider
- 88WP 2016 "Nussbaumer", Tramin
- 89WP 2016 Englar Castle
- 89WP 2015 "Much Different", Röckhof
- 88WP 2015 Falkenstein
- 88WP 2016 "Obermairl Hof", Haderburg
- 88WP 2015 "Praepositus", Neustift
- 88WP 2016 Garlider
- 88WP "Gail Fuass", Röckhof
- 88WP 2016 Garlider
- 88WP 2015 "Praepositus", Neustift
- 91WP 2015 "Beyond the Clouds", Elena Walch
- 91WP 2015 "Liebenstein", Baron Longo
- 91WP 2015 "Fórra", Lageder
- 90WP 2015 "White Craft", Kiemberger
- 90WP 2016 "Liebenstein", Baron Longo
- 90WP 2016 "Stoan", Tramin
- 90WP 2015 "Stoan", Tramin
- 90WP 2015 "Sophie", Manincor
- 90WP 2015 Riserva "Nova Domus", Terlan
- 89WP 2016 "Réserve della Contessa", Manincor
- 89WP 2016 "Boymont", Korb Castle
- 88WP 2016 "Caruess", Röckhof
- 88WP 2015 "Réserve della Contessa".
- 88WP 2016 "Enosi", Baron di Pauli
- 88WP 2016 "Cuvée Bautzanum", Malojer
- 88WP 2016 Terlaner Classico, Terlan
- 88WP 2016 Terlaner Classic, Kiemberger
- 88WP 2016 "Aichberg", Kornell
- 93WP 2015 Goldmuskateller passito "Sissi", Merano
- 93WP 2014 Gewürztraminer vendemmia tardiva "Linticlarus", Tiefenbrunner
- 93WP 2014 Moscato Giallo passito "Quintessenz", Kaltern
- 93WP 2015 Gewürztraminer passito, Englar Castle
- 92WP 2015 Goldmuskateller passito "Vinalia", Bolzano
- 92WP 2015 Petit Manseng, Korb Castle
- 92WP 2015 passito "Aruna", Kurtatsch
- 90WP 2016 Petit Manseng "Passion", St. Pauls
- 89WP 2015 passito "Cresta", Rottensteiner
- 88WP 2015 Patit Manseng "Passion", St. Pauls
Vernatsch (incl. wines based on Vernatsch)
- 89WP 2014 "Ca "L", Pranzegg
- 89WP 2015 Riserva "Passion", St. Pauls
- 89WP 2013 "Krafuss", Lageder
- 89WP 2015 "Mason", Manincor
- 88WP 2015 Riserva, Malojer
- 88WP 2014 Riserva "Burgum Novum", Castelfelder
- 88WP 2014 Riserva "Matán", Pftscher
- 88WP 2015 Riserva, Englar Castle
- 88WP 2013 "Praepositus", Neustift
- 88WP 2015 "Hausmannhof", Haderburg
- 88WP 2014 Stachlburg
- 88WP 2015 "Maso delle Rose", Weger
- 92WP 2014 Riserva "tor die lupo", Andrian
- 91WP 2012 "Lindenburg", Lageder
- 91WP 2014 "Porphyr", Terlan
- 90WP 2015 "Sanct Valentin", St. Michael-Eppan
- 90WP 2013 Riserva "Burgum Novum", Castelfelder
- 90WP 2015 Riserva "Taber", Bolzano
- 89WP 2015 Riserva "Passion", St. Pauls
- 89WP 2015 Riserva "Blessing", Merano
- 89WP 2014 "Laurenc", Pranzegg
- 89WP 2013 "Maturum", K. Martini
- 89WP 2014 Riserva, Kiemberger
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Gries", Nals-Magreid
- 88WP 2014 Riserva, Pfannenstielhof
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Gries - Prestige Line", Bolzano
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Sond", T. Pichler
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Mondevinum", Niklas
- 88WP 2015 Riserva, Griesbauerhof
- 89WP 2013 "Nussleiten", Castel Sallegg
- 89WP 2014 Riserva "Brenntal", Kurtatsch
- 88WP 2015 Riserva "Freiherr", Merano
- 88WP 2015 "Kotznloater", Pfitscher
- 88WP 2015 "Maso delle Rose", Weger
- 90WP 2012 "Palestina", Lentsch
- 90WP 2015 "Furioso", T. Pichler
- 90WP 2015 "Cassiano", Manincor
- 89WP 2013 "Arzio", Baron di Pauli
- 88WP 2015 "Soma", Kurtatsch
- 88WP 2014 Riserva "Cuvée Bautzanum", Malojer
- 88WP 2015 "Yhrn", Plars Castle
- 88WP 2015 "Korbianer", Korb Castle
- 88WP 2015 "arena", Oberstein
- 88WP 2015 "Coldirus", K. Martini
- 88WP 2013 "Carano", Baron di Pauli
HR/Alexander C. Stenzel
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