Lagrein wine from Alto Adige

Lagrein is a red wine grape from Alto Adige in Italy which is almost only grown there. This grape produces a very dark and full bodied wines. I have been fortunate to try two different wine from two different producers.

First is the Eisacktaler Kellerei Lagrein from 2011. It is made from 100% Lagrein grapes. The wine is very dark and there are some tannins. The after taste is long and the taste is of red berries, viols and liquorice. Alcohol level is 13%. An amazing wine which I hope I can get more bottles of in the future.

Kellerei Terlan is one of the biggest cooperatives in Alto Adige (South Tyrol). Their Gries Lagrein is produced in lagrein near Bolzano. The colour of this wine is very dark as usual for Lagrein wines. The smell if very nice, The taste is a bit lighter than I expected but with a complex taste of dark sherries, spicy and some sharpness. A very good wine.

Two wines made from the same grape but still different and both worth drinking.

Eisacktaler winetasting

Last summer as can be seen in the photo I had a winetasting. Three different wines from producer Eisacktaler from the province Südtirol (Alto Adige), they were all from the year 2010 and one each of the grapes Kerner, Gewürztraminer and Müller Thurgau. The bottle of Kerner had a very strong taste and didn't go that well together with the barbeque meat. The Gewürztraminer was much stronger than the usual Italian Gewürztraminer that I have tasted and lacked the nice taste of Elderberry that I usually associate with Italian Gewürztraminer. The best bottle in the tasting was the Müller Thurgau, perfect for a good summer day and very easy to drink. Buonissimo.
For the dessert I had a bottle of Passito wine from Pantelleria anno 2008. Now this is the nectar of the gods. Maybe a few years storage and it would have tasted better but who can wait sometimes.