Pinot Noir Riserva Flora 2022/23 - 14% vol. Cornaiano Winery

Description: 
Ruby red color. Characterized by fresh aromas of wild berries and sour cherry. The wine shows much elegance and fruityness with very velvety and delicate tannins with a long lasting finish. 

Grape variety: 
Pinot Noir - South Tyrol DOC Riserva 

Production area: 
The grapes for this wine derive from the 3 Pinot Noir-growing sites "Girlan", "Pinzon" and "Mazon". The selected parcels are particularly suitable due to their geological and microcilmatic characteristic. The vineyards are located at an altitude between 380 and 530 meters a.s.l. and are characterized by morainic deposits on volcanic porphyry rock as well as by west-facing, loamy limestone soils on the other. 

Vinification: 
The grapes are picked by hand and placed in small containers to prevent excess pressure on the grapes. After destemming, the must is filled by gravity into the steel tanks where the alcoholic fermentation takes place (20-22 days). After the malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged for 12 months in barriques (70%) and small wooden barrels of 12 hl. (30%). Finally, the wine is stored for further 6 months in the bottle. 

Food pairing: 
Excellent with white meat, roasts as well as grilled fish. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 10 years. 

Serving temperature: 
14 - 16°C. 

Bottle to: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Cantina Girlan 
The Cantina Girlan was founded in 1923 in an ancient farmstead from the XVI century. Back then 23 winegrowers laid the foundation stones of what was later to become the winery we see today. The walls, steeped in ancient tradition, and the labyrinthine corridors of the cellar harbour the secrets of state-of-the-art winemaking technology and hold the ideal conditions for ageing our wines. In 2010, work was started to modernize the cellar and bring it into line with modern technical standards. 
Today, about 200 greatly committed and motivated winegrowers and their families farm an area covering about 220 hectares of vineyards in the best production areas of Oltradige and Bassa Atesina. Our enologist, Gerhard Kofler, keeps in close personal contact with the winegrowers and provides his professional advice during the growing season. This beneficial exchange of expertise sets the foundations for producing highest quality wines. 
Our tenets 
We pursue the following main objectives: we seek, on one hand, to showcase and promote the historic local grape varieties and on the other, to create impressive characterful wines using international grape varieties yet keeping them closely connected to the land. This is all achieved while respecting nature's flow and rhythms. 

Cantina Sociale Cornaiano Soc. Agricola Coop. 
Via San Martino 24 
IT - 39057 - Cornaiano (BZ) 
info@girlan.it 
www.girlan.it