Fontanasanta Nosiola Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2020

The grapes for Fontanasanta grow on a hill above Trento with clayey-limestone soils. There, the Manzoni Bianco finds perfect ripening conditions and gives the vineyards their maximum expression. The Fontanasanta only shows its full potential after a good three years and benefits greatly from further years of bottle ripening. Harvested by hand, it undergoes alcoholic fermentation on the skins in cement tanks before maturing for a further eight months in used acacia barrels. Annual production averages 25,000 bottles.

Light straw yellow with a silky matt sheen.

The 2018 Fontanasanta Nosiola from Vigneti delle Dolomiti by Foradori is always a bit mouthy when young, so put it in the carafe - fresh air is good for everyone. On the nose, it radiates a contemplative calm that refuses to be pinned down to individual aromas. Its nature is restrained, the fruits appear only as shadows, aromatically revealing only the essence of their nature - yellow apples, small pears and quinces along with delicate herbal notes of chervil, sage and sorrel. Fontanasanta always benefits from two to three years of bottle ageing and appropriate aeration before consumption.

However, a certain preview of the wine's greatness is already apparent on the palate - the structural course has already been set. In its youthful stage, it is still characterised by delicate yeasty notes, fruity underpinnings of apple and pear peel. With a creamy texture, it builds up good pressure on the palate and performs with a tartly outlined phenolic contour on the tongue and a taut, athletic body.