2017 Cantina Tramin Epokale - Alto Adige

Four kilometers deep inside the mountain, 450 meters below the surface, in absolute darkness: here, in the disused silver mine of Ridanna Monteneve, at over 2,000 meters above sea level, a silent metamorphosis takes place. For seven years, 2,150 bottles of Epokale rest at a constant temperature of 11 degrees Celsius and 90% humidity—an aging process that pays homage to a bygone era when late-harvest sweet Gewürztraminer still reigned supreme in Alpine winemaking. The name says it all: Epokale—epochal. The 2009 vintage went down in history as the first Italian white wine to be awarded 100 points by Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. What Willi Stürz, cellar master and technical director of Cantina Tramin for 35 years, has observed empirically for decades was recently confirmed by a scientific study by the Mach Foundation: Gewürztraminer is one of the few white wines in the world that not only preserves itself, but also strengthens and ages over the course of twenty years. Monoterpenes—the aromatic compounds that produce rose, nutmeg, mango, and lychee—are slowly released over the years in enzymatic processes that give the wine ever-new facets. The 2017 vintage comes from two ancient Gewürztraminer vineyards at the Nussbaumerhof in Tramin, planted on calcareous gravel and loam with porphyry subsoil. Slightly overripe grapes, harvested in late October, fermented for four weeks at 18°C, aged on the lees for eight months in steel tanks—then a trip to the mine, where silence and cold complete their work. In the glass, it displays a deep golden yellow color. The nose explodes: rose petals, lavender, ripe mango, lychee, passion fruit, cantaloupe melon—then cloves, saffron, ginger, nutmeg, and sage. On the palate, a monumental depth unfolds: powerful yet graceful, supported by a mineral tension. 66 grams of residual sugar are balanced by a lively acidity, and the finish is endless. A wine that ennobles apple strudel, caresses Taleggio, but also demands to be meditated on its own—a white monument from the depths of the Alps. no shipment to uk and swiss

Estimation:€275

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