Girlan Alte Reben Vernatsch 2018

This deeply expressive, heritage-rich Northern Italian red wine opens with a highly fragrant and complex bouquet of wild raspberries, tart red cherries, and strawberries, seamlessly layered with sophisticated notes of bitter almond, violet blossoms, white pepper, and damp earth. On the medium-bodied palate, it shatters any preconceptions of the variety by delivering a remarkably structured, texturally rich core of red fruits, perfectly balanced by a vibrant, alpine-driven acidity and fine, silky tannins that carry into a long, beautifully savory finish.

Food Pairing: An outstanding partner for gastronomy; pairs exquisitely with traditional speck and cured meat platters, roasted pork belly, duck breast, mushroom risottos, or regional alpine cheeses.

91 Points - James Suckling

Good color, very pure red-cherry fruit and generous, rather fine tannins make this an exceptional vernatsch. Some real concentration on the mid-palate and at the long, dry and mineral finish. Drink or hold.