Damn what a perfect natty summer red this is, from the foothills of the Dolomites. Vibrant, complex but easy, piercing fruit, some intriguing spice on the nose, super food friendly. Cran-cherry with an herbal reverb, plentiful acid. The 2018 was fabulous and the 2019 is not far behind.
From their website:
The idea of creating a light Teroldego to celebrate the summer was something that interested us for some time but it wasn’t until the hail storms of August 2017, which destroyed 40% of our harvest that we decided to have a go. From the small amount of fruit harvested from the damaged vines we were able to piece together a number of vinification tests with short maceration processes to make Lezèr. We undertook various batch tests in amphorae, wood, cement and steel, never leaving the grapes on the skins for more than 24 hours.
This wine was born with the spirit of experimentation and continues to develop in this way.
Overseeing the various developments that take place in each vintage, each year we experiment with the addition of full bunches and changing containers, along with tweaking our techniques and timings for short maceration. Depending on the vintage, the grapes
produced by Teroldego’s sandy vineyards can be vinified with up to 10% of a different variety.
Name of wine: Lezèr – Rosso Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Grape: Teroldego 90% + other red grape varieties 10%
Vineyard location: Comune di Mezzolombardo Campazzi, Settepergole and other sites
Hectares: 4 hectares, across various plots
Terroir: Alluvial, gravel and sand
Fermentation and fining: 4 months in cement tanks, wooden barrels and terracotta amphorae
Annual production: 25.000 bottles