Deep ruby red with distinct purple highlights; concentrated blueberry jam aromatics mingling with prunes and violets;good structure and soft texture in the mouth, concluding with an attractively unhurried finish.
Food matchings
Particularly recommended with red meats, game and cheese platters.
Lagrein Alto Adige D.O.C.
Soil types
Deep, fertile, relatively sandy valley floor soil with good drainage and virtually no pebbles
Elevation
200-350 metres above sea level
Grape
Lagrein
Training system
Part classic overhead trellis and part vertical trellis with Guyot pruning
Planting density
3,000 vines per hectare for overhead trellis; 5,000-6,000 vines per hectare for vertical trellis
