Merlot Rosé Kotzner 2023 - 13,5% vol. Kobler Armin Winery

Description: 
Fruity aromas strongly reminiscent of raspberry and strawberry dominate the olfactory sensations. Thanks to its generous fullness, it is rather a meal companion than an aperitif. The right acidic streak guarantees armoinia and drinkability. 

Grape varierty: 
Merlot - Alto Adige DOC - Kretzer rosé 

Production area: 
"Kotzner" on the cone of the rio Favogna, slightly sloping, sandy-clay soil, on dolomite debris. Simple pergola, approx. 3,300 vines/ha, planted 1980. 

Vinification: 
Fermentation in stainless steel, maturation on fine lees in used barriques, without malolactic fermentation and tartaric stabilisation. 

Food pairing: 
Kobler's Kotzner Merlot Rosé goes well with the whole meal. It is also excellent with the typical South Tyrolean "tagliere" with Speck, cheese, smoked sausage and gherkins. 

Serving temperature: 
8 - 10°C. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 5 years. 

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

Allergens: 
wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Kobler Winery 
Step by step to their own wine: at the Kobler winegrowing estate in Magré, it has been shown how an estate winery can grow with a great deal of patience, lots of diligence, and the necessary consistency. The step toward making their own wine, which the Koblers took in 2006, was only a logical one. And certainly not the final one. It was Erich Kobler who, in the 1950s, laid the foundation for the Kobler winegrowing estate in Magré. In 1958, he planted the first vineyard, half of which was Chardonnay. In 1972, a second location was added that he filled with Pinot Grigio, Merlot, and Carménère, and a third with Merlot came in 1993. In the 2000s, the assortment of grape varieties was expanded by Cabernet Franc and Gewürztraminer. A decisive step for the Kobler winegrowing estate in Magré followed in the mid-2000s. “With the 2006 harvest, my wife Monika and I began to make wine ourselves from some of our grapes,” recounts Armin Kobler, son of the operation’s founder. Thus the grapes from two hectares of the estate’s own grape growing areas are made into wine in-house. “We reach a production of an average of 15,000 bottles of DOC wines per year,” Kobler says. The remainder of the harvest goes to the Cantina Kurtatsch. 

Tenuta Kobler 
Strada del Vino 36 
IT - 39040 Margrè (BZ) 
info@kobler-margreid.com 
www.kobler-margreid.com