Sommelier´s suggestion

Description
Bright pale yellow with a green hue. Powerful aromas of elder and acacia flower, passion fruit and lime with herbal notes. The palate is complex exhibiting white currant, melon and stone fruit, underpinned by zesty acidity and a delicate flinty aftertaste.

Cellaring potential
3-5 years.

Food Choices
An excellent partner for asparagus frittata or asparagus dishes in general, scallops, moules marinieres and fish of all sorts, or on its own at the start of a meal.

Serve lightly chilled, 14°C.

Grape Variety
100% Sauvignon from approx. 10-year- old, vertical espalier-trellised vines.

Sites
Prail – high vineyards above Eppan ; hill and mountainside sites at an altitude of approx. 500 m; soils are morainal with high mineral content.

Yield
60 hl/ha

Winemaking
The grapes are de-stemmed, crushed and allowed to soak for several hours before pressing. Fermentation is in stainless steel at 18°C, after which the young wine is matured on its fine lees for 6 months in stainless steel.

Analytical Data
Alcohol                           13,30 % Vol
Total acidity                     5,50 g/l
Sugar-free dry extract  19,6 g/l