2024 Ignaz Niedrist Sudtirol Kalterersee Classico Superiore, Alto Adige Price_86 in the mid-2010s

in the mid-2010s

The 2016 vintage benefited from a temperate growing season with cool nocturnal shifts

The vineyards here sit on compact clay and limestone soils that tend to give the wines a little more structure and depth than Dolcetto grown elsewhere in the region

They let the vineyard speak for itself—using native yeasts

and a gentle earthy note—balanced by the firm backbone typical of the appellation

2024 Ignaz Niedrist Sudtirol Kalterersee Classico Superiore, Alto Adige Price_86 in the mid-2010sThe Niedrist family has farmed in the Alto Adige region for nearly two centuries, with Ignaz and Elisabeth Niedrist reactivating their historic estate in 1989 to focus on the unique terroir of their vineyards. This wine is made from Schiava vines aged between 80 and 90 years, which are planted in heat storing, loamy calcareous gravel soils overlooking Lake Caldaro. In the glass, it displays a bright ruby color with distinct aromas of red berries, rose