Colterenzio Chardonnay Altkirch 2024 CS20230906 ruby red color with garnet

ruby red color with garnet highlights

and fermented in concrete vats

from a cold

and you taste the exposure: lemon confit

oak-aged mixed-culture fermentation loaded with thousands of pounds of real plums and vanilla beans

Colterenzio Chardonnay Altkirch 2024 CS20230906 ruby red color with garnetA step up the Colterenzio Chardonnay ladder, Altkirch comes from cooler, higher altitude parcels in the Appiano hills, where gravelly, calcareous soils and big day to night temperature swings give the wine its tension and lift. Colterenzio is one of Alto Adige's most respected co ops, founded in 1960 and now over 300 grower families strong, and they channel that scale into a remarkably precise, transparent style. Fermented in stainless steel and aged