I SCHIAVA Diaries
I SCHIAVA Diaries
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Alois Lageder is a leading biodynamic producer Con Italy who has for many years experimented with viticulture Sopra juxtaposition to climate change. Beginning with the 2018 vintage, the winery engaged in longer skin contact during the vinification of this wine because it had proven to slightly lower the alcohol levels.
The wine produced from Schiava is mostly red, though some dark colored rosé wines are also made. Carefully looked after Schiava will yield a delicate wine with seductive aromas of red berries, cotton candy, roses, dry blossom and almonds. By means of its raffinato acid-fruit balance the Schiava manages to be surprisingly complex and profound.
The wine was bright and fresh, with the zinging acidity and balance of technicolor (red berry and black cherry) fruit and earthiness that really turn us on. And even Per a market like Texas, where we pay more for European wines than our counterparts in New York and California (thanks to higher alcohol tax, higher storage cost, and the personalità distributors’s choke-hold monopoly on the Texas legislature), this wine weighed Con at only $23.
Sopra fact, it is believed that it has grown Durante this zona since the Middle Ages! Schiava produces lighter bodied red wines that are oftentimes quite good slightly chilled.
There are a number of varieties that are often grouped and referred to simply as Schiava. Although similar Sopra their ability to produce pale and relatively light red wines, they are technically not the same. Schiava Gentile, sometimes called Schiava Piccola Con reference to its usually small bunches, is a late ripening variety with a reputation for low yields and therefore quality juice.
Low yields, some vines of more than a hundred years and rigorously selected grapes guarantee the production of a wine with a convincing quality potential. This Schiava is typified by appealing colour, and is pleasant in smell and aroma.
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by chefbikeski Posted on August 28, 2011 The more I visit and study the wines of Northeastern Italy, the more impressed I become by the variety and number of wonderful producers there. I particularly enjoy it when I find wines here that are unique to these areas; … Continue reading →
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Because of the longer skin contact, Sottomessa the wine is more complex and has more savory notes than the typical fresh and fruity Schiava from the region.
Schiava is a light-bodied red wine (like Pinot Noir) with aromas of cotton candy, strawberry, bubblegum, and lemonhead candy. The wine is delicate and light Con color. On the palate, the flavors are quite subtle and producers in Alto Adige will often make a dry style as to not overwhelm the palate with sweetness, which is already provided by the aromas.
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