Italy

Cantina Terlan

Cantina Terlan Terlaner I Grande Cuvee Alto Adige

Trentino Alto Adige

Alto Adige

Expands through the palate, and it is quite simply delicious. Batton down for waves of flavour, from lemon soufflé laced with sage and fennel, to candied pineapple, crushed rocks, liqourice root, oyster shell, and a pure shot of citrus puree on the finish. The Grand Cuvée is a recent initiative for Terlano to be recognised beyond its stunning older wines, and focuses on precision terroir selection, with a 3,600 bottles production. On this showing, it's an exceptional addition to the range. Rudi Kofler winemaker, whole cluster pressing, malolactic fermentation and ageing on lees for 12 months in large wooden casks.

Inside Bordeaux

Saline, intense, incredible grip, green apple alongside peach pit, white mango, sage, mandarin, apricot puree, sage, strong acidity and grip, just firing on all cylinders. The switchback of taste, texture and aromatics that build from beginning to end is exceptionally impressive, while leaving an impression of purity and intense flavour. Rudi Kofler winemaker, vineyard set at 300-560m altitude.

A little tighter in structure than the 2013, lean and crisp while delivering juice and flavour. Slate and citrus, lime blossom and white peach, a vertical rise through the mid palate, and an incredibly long finish, pummice stone texture wrapped in silk. A vintage with long slow ripening, three weeks later than normal with harvesting through to middle of October. A brilliant wine from Rudi Kofler and the team, whole cluster pressing, malolactic fermentation and ageing on lees for 12 months in large wooden barrels.

Fresh and grippy, apricot pit, pineapple, graphite and crayon, with the great lick of salt-stained wet stones. Pinpoint precision, everything in harmony, still so young at 14 years old. Your impression when this is first poured is that you are in front of an extremely young wine, but with air you see the complexity of an older bottle, as truffle and bitter lemon creep in, and this is a glass that is hard to set down. Whole cluster pressing, fermented in large oak casks, then held in stainless steel on fine lees for a decade until bottling in 2022. 40 hl/ha yield, from slopes that head up to 50% in gradient. Rudi Kofler winemaker.

Just love this, it has a delicacy combined with grip and depth of flavour, gentle cumin and sage spices, with white pepper that adds insistence without overpowering to the citrus, lemon peel, mandarin, white pear and pineapple flavours. Fresh and lilting above all, it's gorgeously mouthwatering, with a saline kiss on the finish. Classic vinification in the large oak casks, with the wine then held in stainless steel on fine lees for 11 years without filtering or fining, so earning its name as a Terlano Rarity. Rudi Kofler winemaker.

A cold vintage, and the salinity is clear, with a little evolution on the aromatics towards waxy citrus, white truffle, blue cheese, cloves, saffron, unami, earth. Good grip, a ton of complexity, not quite the joyful soaring of the 2008 but you can clearly tell that you are in the presence of an exceptional white wine. Sebastian Stocker winemaker. Vines set on slopes that head up to 50% in gradient, whole cluster pressing, fermented in large oak casks, then held in stainless steel on fine lees for 24 years without filtering or fining until bottling in 2022.

A deep burnished amber-gold, and here the aromatics have flipped to bitter orange, smoked quince and mandarin peel, with clear salinity. This is just so powerful, with flavours layering on top of one another, outstanding in delivering juice with muscularity. First vintage made in this style by Sebastien Stocker, bottled in 1990 after 11 years ageing. Ready to drink but I would take a chance with any of the Rarieties to last well into the future. Whole cluster pressing, fermentation in stainless steel then malolactic fermentation and ageing in large wooden casks for 12 months, before moving into stainless steel tanks without filtering or fining for 11 years.

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Category	White wine
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Producer	Cantina Terlan
Vintages	2013
Country	Italy, Trentino Alto Adige, Alto Adige
Bottle	75 cl

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