Tramin Unterebner

Unterebner Pinot Grigio Alto Adige DOC bottle image

Wine Description

This is not your typical Pinot Grigio. Made using hand-selected grapes from the Unterebner vineyard in Alto Adige, the wine is refined in large oak casks. After seven to eight months of lees contact, the resulting wine is rich, refined, and elegant.

Willi Sturz-Winemaker
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Willi Stürz, Tramin Winemaker
Willi Stürz and Wolfgang Klotz
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Acclaim
“Bright golden-tinged yellow. Apple and pear on the delicate nose. Bright and juicy, with lemony zing lifting the ripe orchard fruit and sweet spice flavors. The finish is long and suave in typical Unterebner fashion, with herbal nuances emerging on the long back end. Doesn’t taste especially high in acid, although the numbers say the total acidity was 6.2 g/L (only 50% of the malo done), so the wine comes across as quite fresh and lively. A warm year also characterized by a higher than usual number of sunlight hours. There was very little rainfall in the summer accounting for big, round wines.”
— Ian D’Agata, Mar 2017
“Vivid golden-tinged yellow. Delicate aromas of pear and spicy apple compote complicated by a hint of white flowers. Then rich and suave with round orchard fruit flavors but little complexity currently. The 2015 Pinot Grigio Unterebner finishes long and tactile. A very serious Pinot Grigio that needs time.”
— Vinous, Dec 2018
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Alto Adige DOC
Vineyard name
The Unterebner vineyard
Vineyard size
10 acres
Soil composition
Calcareous, Clay, and Gravel
Training method
Guyot
Elevation:
1,320-1,815 feet
Vines/acre:
1,400-2,400
Yield/acre:
2 tons
Exposure:
Eastern / Southeastern / Southern
Harvest time:
September
First vintage of this wine:
1991
Bottles produced of this wine:
20,000
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Pinot Grigio
Fermentation container:
Casks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
15 days
Fermentation temperature:
64-68 °F
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barrels and Tonneaux
Size of aging container:
5 HL to 40 HL
Type of oak:
French and Austrian
Length of aging before bottling:
11 months
Age of Aging Container:
One-Eight years
Length of bottle aging:
4 month
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Analytical Data
Acidity:
6.2 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Residual sugar:
2.3 g/L