Grape varieties: Lagrein
Deion: Medium garnet colour with ruby hints. Rich, quite pronounced, spicy aroma with a chocolate character, floral impressions (violets), red fruit and prunes. Soft, smooth fruit, full bodied. Masculine style. Firm, dry and somewhat earthy finish.
Suggested Food: Red meat such as beef and lamb, venison, game, all kind of cheeses.
Maturation potential: 6 - 8
Allergic-Info: This wine can contain sulfites
yr. 2008 Wine Spectator:
88 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Alois Lageder Lagrein, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy" from the vintage 2008 on 31.07.2011 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2003 Wine Spectator:
86 of 100 Points.
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Alois Lageder Lagrein, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy" from the vintage 2003 on 30.06.2007 with 86 of 100 points.
yr. 2000 Stephen Tanzer:
87 of 100 Points.
"Stephen Tanzer" has rated the wine "Alois Lageder Lagrein, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy" from the vintage 2000 with 87 of 100 points.
Of finely spicy beef and pork bottled in natural bowel, smoked and matured for some days, this proves the probably best known raw sausage speciality in the Alps, the so-called Kaminwurze. The choice of the best raw materials and the processing after old tradition guarantees a maximum in quality.
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South Tyrol's finest autochthonous red grape variety, grown in a superb site; an enormously impressive wine!
