WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
Intensive straw yellow with a delicate green shimmer. Ripe fruit aromas of apricot, mandarin and passion fruit mingle with elements of elderberry, gooseberry and mint. The fruitiness continues on the palate in combination with a fine acidity. The wine scores with a good structure and a minerally but at the same time aromatic finish.
TASTING NOTES:
This is Sauvignon Blanc’s cool older sibling who moved to the mountains and got really into rock climbing. Fresh white peach and lime zest lead the way, but it’s the underlying mineral tension that keeps you coming back. There’s this crystalline purity that feels like drinking straight from an alpine spring, but with enough flesh on its bones to keep things interesting. It’s the kind of wine that makes you crave seafood, or just another glass. The finish goes on forever, like a perfect summer sunset.
Editors' Choice
- Wine Enthusiast, 94 pts.
With a slightly restyled front label, the Cantina Terlano 2024 Alto Adige Terlano Sauvignon Winkl is very true to the grape with lots of zesty tropical fruit, citrus and the green essence found on young tomato leaves. I enthusiastically direct your attention here if you love this fragrant grape. The wine is lean and fresh on the finish.
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 pts.
The 2024 Sauvignon Winkl opens with a refined mix of minty herbs, green melon, lime zest and crushed stone. The palate is juicy in character with silken waves of citrus-inflected pit fruits and a cascade of spice, all supported by fresh acidity. It is long and full of youthful tension, leaving a sour twang that calls the taster back to the glass for more.
- Vinous, 92 pts.
A minerally style, with hints of smoke and gravel underscoring the crunchy pear, fresh tarragon, grapefruit zest and lentil notes. This is chiseled, with good drive and length, including a zesty feel on the white pepper–laced finish. Drink now through 2034.
- Wine Spectator, 92 pts.
A smoky sauvignon blanc full of intense asparagus. Tingling on the palate with zesty acidity and a brief finish. A bit too New Zealand in style.
- James Suckling, 90 pts.
