Müller Thurgau “Aristos”
Only the best fruit from the best vineyards is selected to produce the “Aristos” label range. The focus on quality is extreme and the wines are produced in limited quantities. Müller Thurgau Aristos is a seductive wine due to its floral and slightly aromatic bouquet. The climatic conditions ideal for this variety and the loose, well-ventilated soils typical of the area surrounding the Sabiona monastery give this wine particularly refined qualitative characteristics.
Appellation: Alto Adige Valle Isarco DOC
Type: White, dry
Varietal: 100% Müller Thurgau
Color: Straw yellow with golden hues.
Bouquet: Intense, pleasantly aromatic, mineral, bouquet with scents of exotic fruit, resin and muscat notes.
Taste: Dry, fresh, mineral, vivaciously acidic.
Alcohol: 13%.
Residual Sugar: 2.3 g/l.
Total Acidity: 6.4 g/l.
Serving Temperature: 10-12º C (50-53º F).
Pairing: Light appetizers, soups, poached and grilled fish, ideal as an apéritif.
Production Area: From vineyards around the Sabiona Monastery in the mid-section of the Isarco Valley.
Elevation: 800-970 meters (2,620-3,180 feet) a.s.l. on a 50% slope.
Exposure: Southeast.
Soil: Gravelly, skeleton-rich and shallow alluvial soils containing diorite.
Training System: Guyot.
Yield: 50 hl/ha.
Harvest: Hand picked at the end of September.
Vinification: The grapes are picked exclusively by hand. After a short period of contact with the skins, the delicate crushing of the grapes follows. Controlled temperature fermentation and aging for 10 months on the fine lees takes place partly in in stainless steel tanks, partly in large Acacia-wood barrels.
