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• VincentMorey Likes this wine:

  April 4, 2024 - Top notch Pinot Bianco and my first ever Cantina Terlano, might as well go straight to the top, with this much lauded Vorberg Riserva. Pop and pour, with brilliant tropical fruit aromas from mangos to some pineapple, and just a little guava briefly. A very delectable mouthfeel of lanolin and a touch of cream texture, with a savory dry stoney back palate and finish. The wine would evolve with food to reveal more nuanced lemon notes ranging from meyer lemon, lime, lemon zest, pickled / preserved salted lemons, and the tropical fruit notes then fade. As the wine sits in the glass long enough the lemon notes fade and reveal more mineral characters and something akin to the texture of confectionary sugars and light brioche but without the exacting aromas. For those that want more consistent fruit, top the glass off every now and then. Excellent with Italian style starters from vegetable platters to asparagus, and awesome with toasted focaccia with a good olive oil dip. A linguine with lemon and black pepper and some shellfish seals the deal for the pairing. The wine commands good food with it. Will see if I have the patience to cellar another bottle or two longer to study its evolution.

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• DFBW commented:

  4/5/24, 12:31 AM - Thanks for the note. I have a few vintages of this wine as well as other wines from Terlan and can confirm that they all age beautifully. So if you can, bury for a while or get some more because with 10 years of age these wine are spectacular and really come to life. I would also highly recommend Nova Domus and their Rarity wine - I went to a tasting with the vineyard and they served a 20 year old Rarity and it wasn't event close to mature - epic wine (but pricey..)

• VincentMorey commented:

  4/5/24, 10:32 AM - @DFBW: thank you for your kind words and recommendations! I just purchased two Nova Domus and will get around to tasting one and putting another one in the cellar, along with an extra Vorberg.

• DFBW commented:

  4/5/24, 11:31 AM - Excellent. Enjoy!

• Staufer commented:

  4/5/24, 2:28 PM - agree with both of you ..these wines are crazy good with food
  here is another wine i recommend trying .. won a bunch of prices locally
  2020 Peter Zemmer Pinot Grigio Riserva Giatl
  I had it in Meran , really liked it and then called the winery. they recommended a distributor on the east coast; was able to buy via our local wine shop

• VincentMorey commented:

  4/5/24, 2:37 PM - @Staufer: thank you so much for another recommendation! Yes, looks like I may have to mail order for that one. I'll look out for it! This shall be a rabbit hole exploration, haha.

• Staufer commented:

  4/5/24, 3:29 PM - i recommend a trip to the area .. besides its natural beauty amazing food and wine .. the Zemmer was recommended to us by the sommelier of Koppelrein (spelling ?!)
  my wife thinks we should go there every year for one week of great life in general

• Staufer commented:

  4/5/24, 3:30 PM - i recommend a trip to the area .. besides its natural beauty amazing food and wine .. the Zemmer was recommended to us by the sommelier of Koppelrein (spelling ?!)
  my wife thinks we should go there every year for one week of great life in general

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