Description/Palate
This particular Pinot Grigio has left us just a bit stunned in terms of its overall quality. We’ve never tasted a better one and it offers more substance, complexity and body than even the most expensive offerings on the market.

The color is a pale straw and the nose offers wild flowers, tropical fruits and pear. Once you taste the wine it will redefine what you probably believed Pinot Grigio should be. It is compact and fresh with a forceful style that is beautifully constructed. This wine has tremendous harmony. Expect delicate spice, great structure, mild acidity and a succulence that will stay with you all the way to the finish.

The nature of “cold climate” fruit seems well presented in this wine as it shows more of everything and outstanding quality for even the most picky wine drinker!

Background
In recent years international markets and opinion leaders have focused on Alto Adige premium wines..

The region’s more innovative wine producers responded, triggering off a major quality revolution and one of its main protagonists has turned out to be Elena Walch, a former architect who became a wine producer in 1985 after marrying into one of the oldest established wine families at Tramin. Tramin and Kaltern (Caldaro) are Alto Adige’s best-known wine villages.

Elena Walch took over two magnificent estates: Castel Ringberg overlooking the Lake of Kalteren and Kastelaz, a steep, south-facing hillside dotted with cypress trees which towers above the village center of Tramin. Not surprisingly, the latter is highly regarded for its white wine made from the Gewürztraminer grape which took its name from the village Tramin.

Cellar Hints
Keep it cool (55-65 degrees F).  Enjoy now and for at least another 5 or 6 years.

Food Parings
As an aperitif, with pasta dishes, mild cheeses, grilled fish and cheese fondue.