2021 Morei

If wine were burlesque, this would be a top contender. Another grape that Elisabetta has brought out from obscurity, Teroldego, this richly coloured and enrapturing wine comes from two separate parcels along the Noce River. Sensuous, like lipstick on a cheek, the smell of tulips freshly dug out of the earth, black plum, cedar. The queen has entered the building. Elisabetta Foradori is the person when it comes to revitalising sustainable production in Trentino, Alto Aldige. Coming to the vine...Read More...

If wine were burlesque, this would be a top contender. Another grape that Elisabetta has brought out from obscurity, Teroldego, this richly coloured and enrapturing wine comes from two separate parcels along the Noce River. Sensuous, like lipstick on a cheek, the smell of tulips freshly dug out of the earth, black plum, cedar. The queen has entered the building. Elisabetta Foradori is the person when it comes to revitalising sustainable production in Trentino, Alto Aldige. Coming to the vineyard reluctantly after some family drama, her first vintage was in 1984. She had fully converted and repaired the vineyards with biodynamic agriculture by 2007, and had brought the autochthonous variety Teroldego out of obscurity and into proper production. She is one of the most forward thinking wine growers in Italy full stop. Her wines speak as such. For anyone who is serious about what they drink, or just wants to drink something really, really good. 

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