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A grape varietal with historic roots, Müller Thurgau traces back to German winemaking history while also forming an important part of South Tyrol's wine production. The unique alpine setting of Rottensteiner's vineyards above Bolzano provide the ideal climate to develop the aromatics and refreshing acidity that sets quality Müller Thurgau apart from the rest. After fermentation, the wine is matured in stainless steel tanks to accentuate its freshness and acidity.
This elegant-yet-quaffable white is delicate yet bracing, with bright floral aromatics and a hint of spice. These unique qualities make the wine best served to complement lighter fare, be it appetizers or delicate fish dinners.
750ml ml
The Rottensteiner family is one of the oldest families to have continually lived in southern Tyrol, with the family name being mentioned all the way back to the 1530s. The winery itself was founded in 1956 by the late Hans Rottensteiner, who originally started the winery to produce bulk wine for export to Switzerland. In the 80s, Hans’s son Toni Rottensteiner joined him after completing his studies of Oenology in Switzerland with a new perspective on how the business should go forward. This change included switching over to bottling the wines themselves instead of selling them in bulk out of the country. In 2001 Toni’s son, Hannes, joined the business to help with the winemaking process, this allowed Toni to also focus more on the Viniculture side of things with fewer distractions. Toni and Hannes’s motto for their wine is “A good wine must have elegance and drinkability” and this absolutely shows.
The Rottensteiner name is directly linked to the region itself, the soils of Alto-Adige tend to have a large amount of porphyry (A red/purple stone consisting of coarse-grained crystals). Their name comes from the German name for red rock (Roter, meaning Red, and Stein, meaning Rock). This is seen in a lot of their wines with the displaying terroir being one of their main goals, the minerality that is displayed makes this apparent.
The winemaking process itself is headed by Hannes, who has taken a leading role in bringing the winery into the new age while still maintaining tradition. This is shown in the winery with 50-year-old neutral oak barriques sitting next to temperature-controlled steel fermentation tanks. The push for modernization is something that some wineries may trip and stumble while pursuing the future, thanks to Hannes, Rottenstiener has accomplished it while staying true to their motto, “elegance and drinkability”.
$26.99
Torlesse takes its name from an early Canterbury resident, surveyor and farmer, Englishman Charles Torlesse. He gave his name to the Torlesse mountain range, which partly circles the Canterbury Plains, and was at one time the largest land owner and farmer in North Canterbury and the founder of the nearby town of Rangiora. Interestingly, Torlesse is also the name given to the underlying bedrock from which most New Zealand soils are derived. The Torlesse winery was built and opened in March 2000, but Torlesse has produced wines from 1991 onwards, making it one of the older wineries in Waipara. Most grapes are hand harvested, and the winemaking team is led by owners Ben & Pete Rayner, while Maggie Rayner leads the cellar door team. They have been cultivating and producing excellent wine for over 30 years.
$25.99
Four generations of the Osborn Family have made wine at the d'Arenberg vineyards in the hills just north of the township of McLaren Vale. The original d'Arenberg Riesling vineyard was next to a dam, or reservoir, which in the driest summers would completely dry up. Winemaker d'Arry Osbourn soon learned that a dry summer meant a very concentrated Riesling with lots of flavours and intensity.
$39.99
A unique take on a common varietal often showcased in Italian wines, Rottensteiner's Pinot Grigio blends grapes from both moderate and high-elevation vineyards to create harmony between body and elegance, between structure and minerality.
Rottensteiner's Pinot Grigio is a beguilingly complex wine, ripe with tropical fruit and warm spice notes. This allows for an effortless pairing with all manner of food, from starters to poultry - or have it on its own to fully explore all the complexity this wine has to offer.
$36.49
Paul Zinck's wines have always been synonymous with great value and his Gewurz is no exception. This is a family owned winery in the small Alsace village of Eguisheim, just south of Colmar. Respect for the environment is part of the ethic of the Zinck family. For that reason, the winery is heading progressively towards organic agriculture on nearly all of the surface area. Today, the vines are grown respecting a belief in sustainable production, along with organic and biodynamic agricultural methods. In the Vineyard, the growth of natural grasses is encouraged in order to get the deepest root growth from the vines and also to deal with extreme weather conditions. The expression of the soil and the flavours it provides is optimal.
