Wine Praedium Lagrein Riserva DOC Mantsch 2003

Praedium - produced cooperative Kolterentsio line, consisting of white and red wines that do not reflect a particular grape variety, and historic area of Trentino - Alto Adige (Zyudtirol). So wine Weisshaus («White House") is called the vineyards located in the municipality of Appiano and Menzenhof - the name of an old farmhouse in the village of Kornayyano where vines grow old autochthonous grape varieties Schiavo.

Sort Lagreyn from which the given wine - typical grape of South Tyrol. Thanks to his wines have a distinctive taste of wild berries. Vineyard soil - alluvial, combine clay, gravel and sand. Fermentation fault occurs within 12 days in stainless steel vats, followed by malolactic fermentation. Wine is aged 14 months in oak (partly in barriques and partly in large casks), and at least one year in the bottle.

Kolterentsio wine cooperative located in the municipality of the same name, in the town Kornayyano that lies just south of Bolzano, on the west bank of the Adige. In 1960, 28 local winemakers have teamed up to create a new brand of wines. Today in this very successful cooperative consists of 290 members, 300 hectares of vineyards are in their jointly owned.
As you know, the wine region of Trentino-Alto Adige has preferred Archduke Sigismund, who lived in the castle Firmian in the 15th century, although there are still more earliest evidence of winemaking practices relating to the 15th century. bc. According to manufacturers, such a long tradition imposes certain obligations - in their case it is necessary to be able to take bold decisions.
Kolterentsio maintains its reputation for not only the highest quality wines, but also a wide range of fantastic: very few people in Italy can be compared with the co-op on the stylistic diversity and quantitative varieties produced the same high level of quality.