Pinot Blanc 2020/21 Lieselehof Bio Winery

Description: 
This Pinot Blanc is very expressive, beautifully integrated fruit flavours such as pear, apple and the hawthorn blossom. A racy and mature white wine. Long finish. 

Grape variety:
100% Pinot Blanc / Weissburgunder - South Tyrol. 

The variety was first mentioned in a document around 1400. The country of origin is Burgundy in France (Pinot blanc). In South Tyrol, Pinot Blanc is cultivated on an area of about 500 ha. 

Production area:
Kaltern at 500m above sea level. The vines grow on clayey, slightly gravelly loamy soil interspersed with limestone. 

Pinot Blanc thrives best in this area from 400 to 600 metres above sea level. sea level. Sunny sites in the morning allow the grapes, which have narrow berries, to dry out quickly from the morning dew. The harvest can thus be delayed so that a sufficiently high sugar content of at least 18° KMW can be achieved. The Pinot Blanc ripens in the Kardatsch vineyard at 500m above sea level. The vines were planted in 1985 according to the Pergola system. The chalky loam-clay soil gives the wine a beautiful, mineral bouquet. 

Vinification:


Food pairing:
Excellent as an aperitif. Excellent table companion to white meat and freshwater fish dishes. 

Serving temperature:
12 - 14°C. 

Ageing potential:
more than 5 years. 

Bottle to:
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
wine can contain sulphites.

Producer: 
Lieselehof organic winery 
In the middle of the nineteenth century, when Franz Morandell built a farmhouse, he at the same time also immortalized his wife. Her name was Elisabeth, which in its loving nickname becomes “Lisele”. Today, the Lieselehof Estate Winery in Caldaro is an imposing estate in which the winegrowing knowledge of three generations meets together and where Werner Morandell has the say. He is the great-grandson of “Lisele”. The fact that with this story, the Morandells inherited their passion for wine right from the cradle may sound like a platitude. Except that it is true. Werner’s grandfather was a winegrower, while his father Gottlieb-Amadeus attended to the grafting of young grapevines and produced rootstock for surrounding vineyard nurseries. Werner Morandell also thoroughly devoted himself to winegrowing. He even wrote a book about it and along with his vineyard, he is a contractual partner of the Freiburg in Breisgau State Viticultural Institute in Germany. Within that context, the main attention lies with fungus-resistant varieties, on the organic cultivation of traditional grape varieties (such as Schiava and Cabernet), and on wines that are made in an ecologically friendly manner. That means that during the vinification, only a few natural treatment agents are permitted, and we completely do without synthetic materials. 

Lieselehof - Fam. Morandell 
Via Kardatsch 6 
IT - 39052 Caldaro sulla strada del vino 
info@lieselehof.com 
www.lieselehof.com