Colterenzio Saint Magdalener Schiava 2024 NO20231101 and cool nights produce wines

and cool nights produce wines of nervy precision

A wine built for longevity

and the wines it makes are the light-footed

and blending

It’s a wine that holds its power in reserve

Colterenzio Saint Magdalener Schiava 2024 NO20231101 and cool nights produce winesSt. Magdalener is one of the great northern Italian secrets, a hillside red from steep terraced vineyards just above Bolzano in the Sankt Magdalena hamlet. The blend is mostly Schiava (Vernatsch) rounded out with a splash of Lagrein, and the result is pure summer red happiness: pale ruby, perfumed with cherry and violets, light on its feet, and finishing soft and easy. Colterenzio ages it briefly in concrete so the fruit stays bright and the wine