Foradori Fontanasanta Manzoni Bianco 2023

Country: Italy

Region: Alto-Adige

Type: White Wine

Grape: Manzoni

The Manzoni bianco grape is a cross between Pinot Blanc x Riesling, developed in the Veneto by Dr. Luigi Manzoni. Foradori works 5 hectares of this rare variety in the Fontanasanta vineyard at about 400 meters above the city of Trento, a few miles down-valley from the Foradori estate in Mezzolombardo. The vines are 15 to 35 years old and grow on clay-limestone soils. The farming is organic. The bunches are harvested by hand and destemmed. Fermentation is spontaneous with indigenous yeasts and without sulfur in cement and steel tanks; maceration with the skins lasts 3-4 days. The wine goes through malolactic fermentation and is aged in used acacia barrels for about 7 months. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered, with just a very small dose of sulfur. Like all Foradori wines, the wine is classified as IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti.

Full and intense, with aromas and flavors of of white flowers, lemon, ripe apple and honey.