Sgarzon Teroldego Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2017

Wine description for Sgarzon Teroldego Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT 2017 by Foradori

Colour & appearance

Garnet red with purplish reflections, slightly transparent in the glass. A wine of weightless elegance that reveals its alpine origin through its play of colour.

Nose

Earth and stone on the nose, accompanied by sloe, barberry and juniper. The cool Sgarzon vineyard site lends the wine a wild, stony-earthy aromatic profile reminiscent of dried herbs and the juice of red berries. Not a warm bouquet, but rather a rocky, austere one.

Palate

On the palate, a texture evoking fired clay – an unmistakable signature of maturation in Spanish clay amphorae (tinajas). The youthful, demanding acidity intertwines with sour cherry, dark plum and sloe. Juicy, cool and structured, carried by a distinctive, almost saline freshness.

Finish

Long-lasting with fine salinity and impressive drinkability. A finish that displays structure without heaviness.

Terroir & origin

The Sgarzon vineyard site (Trentino dialect for vine) lies in the Campo Rotaliano, about one kilometre from the estate. Here, abundant sand in the topsoil covers 2.5 hectares of alluvial floodplain. The parcel is exposed and scarcely sheltered from cold winds – the grapes ripen a week later than in neighbouring Morei. Nestled amongst three-thousand-metre peaks, where over millennia the Noce river has deposited limestone, porphyry and gneiss into the valley, a geological peculiarity arises that reflects sunlight by day and channels cool mountain air by night.

Grape variety & vinification

Teroldego from an eight-month maceration in tinajas, the Spanish 420-litre cellar amphorae. After racking in spring 2018, the wine matured in concrete tanks over the summer to harmonise. Elisabetta Foradori saved this grape variety from oblivion – through meticulous clonal selection and 28 hectares under Demeter certification.

Food recommendations

A wine for almond rice with figs and dates, balancing its wild fruit and earthy depth with sweet-fruity aromas. Also excellent with seafood stew with fennel and tomatoes or lamb biryani with fresh coriander and lime – where the cool, earthy structure of Sgarzon supports complex spice and fruit flavours.

Special features

A wine from a nearly lost grape variety that Elisabetta Foradori revived through years of mass selection. The cool Sgarzon vineyard site gives voice to the wild, stony-earthy heart of Teroldego – demonstrating how the same soil produces different wines across different parcels.