Colterenzio Saint Magdalener Schiava 2024 NO20231101 and violet petals with sapid

and violet petals with sapid black and red fruit

A wine built for longevity

and blending

and cool nights produce wines of nervy precision

Give it a light chill and it comes alive

Colterenzio Saint Magdalener Schiava 2024 NO20231101 and violet petals with sapidSt. Magdalener is one of the great northern Italian secrets, a hillside red from steep terraced vineyards just above Bolzano in the Sankt Magdalena hamlet. The blend is mostly Schiava (Vernatsch) rounded out with a splash of Lagrein, and the result is pure summer red happiness: pale ruby, perfumed with cherry and violets, light on its feet, and finishing soft and easy. Colterenzio ages it briefly in concrete so the fruit stays bright and the wine