Pinot Bianco from cool slopes at 500 to 650 metres, unoaked and rested on the fine lees. Fresh, precise and surprisingly mineral. James Suckling gave this vintage 91 points.
Pale straw yellow with green reflections. The nose shows the variety’s typical fresh apple and pear, joined by a floral note and a hint of citrus. The attack is clear and lively. The wine is medium-bodied and owes its tension to a racy acid structure; ageing on the fine lees adds a soft, faintly creamy texture without dulling the freshness. On the palate the fruit stays taut and precise, underpinned by a saline minerality that comes straight from the gravelly dolomite subsoil and draws the wine out noticeably in length. The finish is dry, fresh and longer than a regional wine leads you to expect. Serve with Asian dishes, grilled fish, young goat’s cheese or as an aperitif, at 10 to 11 degrees.
Kellerei Kurtatsch is a cooperative in the South Tyrolean village of Kurtatsch, founded in 1900 by forty-two growers. Today 190 member families farm 190 hectares of vineyard between 220 and 900 metres. Erwin Carli is the cellar master.
This Pinot Bianco belongs to the SELECTION line, the estate’s regional wines. The variety is at its best on the cool, south-east facing slopes between 500 and 650 metres, where the vines root in gravelly, calcareous dolomite subsoil.
The grapes ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel, after which the wine rests on the fine lees. No oak is involved: that keeps the apple and pear fruit intact and leaves the acidity and minerality uncovered.
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