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Schiava, a local grape variety, is gaining in popularity with drinkers who favour a lighter style of red, and this example is a very fine example. ‘It's a very interesting variety if you try and leverage certain characteristics,’ states Clemens Lageder, who ferments this wine in a combination of stainless steel and oak using a portion of whole-bunch fruit and exposing some of the components to skin and stem contact for six months. The result is a wine with a lovely red fruit fragrance along with juicy flavours of wild strawberry and cherry, demonstrating texture and sapidity. Its herbal edges lend freshness, while nervy acidity lends vibrancy and crunch. Delicious.

Schiava / Vernatsch

Alois Lageder, Römigberg Schiava, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2021

Schiava, a local grape variety, is gaining in popularity with drinkers who favour a lighter style of red, and this example is a 

Alois Lageder, Römigberg Schiava, Vigneti delle Dolomiti

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