St. Michael-Eppan Winery has been enthroned in the center of South Tyrol’s most important wine-growing community for over a century. For more than two thousand years, wines have been grown in the area around Eppan, known for its ideal growing conditions, and it is these grapes that are being processed at St. Michael-Eppan Winery.
The single-vineyard wines of the Selection Line are ambassador of their terroir, reflecting the strengths of the various sites in an unique way. The warm, sun-exposed vineyards of the Anger sites, with their loamy limestone gravel soils, are a textbook example of Alto Adige Pinot Grigio.
The popular grape variety is familiar to people all around the globe. However, in the municipality of Eppan’s top selected vineyards, the grapes develop in such an excellent way that they produce a high-quality and vigorous yet elegant premium wine. Chardonnay has formed part of the Sanct Valentin line since 1986, and is one of the winery’s most important wines.
Excellent balance, well-integrated acidity and excellent aging potential.
The foundation was first laid in 1989 for what is arguably the most famous white wine produced at St. Michael-Eppan Winery. The Sanct Valentin Sauvignon has found excellent conditions at the foot of the Mendel Massif in selected vineyards that have been carefully chosen over the course of the last 20 years, in order to produce a great vintage wine with impressive fruit, minerality and excellent persistence. This fine wine is not only the pride of the winery today and the most important wine of the Sanct Valentin line, but also one of Italy’s most award-winning white wines.
Margaret River is arguably Australia’s premier cabernet sauvignon grape growing region and Cabernet Sauvignon is without doubt Margaret River’s greatest natural asset. Great Cabernet Sauvignon should be both perfumed and poised; meticulous site selection is critical to achieving these key attributes.
Stella Bella Chardonnay has a finer, more mineral expression due to it southern Margaret River origin. A great example of the modern style without the excesses, it is medium bodied, well integrated and full of flavour.
Stella Bella Sauvignon Blanc has a distinctive style thanks to its southern Margaret River origin. Loaded with punchy tropical fruits and floral aromas, the palate is fresh and full of flavour with a fine mineral acidity.
The Suckfizzle Cabernet Sauvignon is a single vineyard wine and as such expresses the specific vineyard site in each season. Over time and vintages the wines become an archive, or a chronology of the events of the seasons, and capture the uniqueness of the site, allowing all to witness the development of the wine’s style and personality. From Augusta in the very south of the Margaret River region, the wine is a classic, complex and unique example of Margaret River’s signature regional Cabernet Sauvignon.
The Suckfizzle Sauvignon Blanc Semillon is a single vineyard wine and as such expresses the specific vineyard site in each season. Over time and vintages the wines become an archive, or a chronology of the events of the seasons, and capture the uniqueness of the site, allowing all to witness the development of the wine’s style and personality. From Augusta in the very south of the Margaret River region, the wine is a classic, complex and unique example of Margaret River’s signature regional white blend.
Brioso is Susana Balbo’s signature Bordeaux blend consisting of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Cabernet Franc, 16% Malbec and 7% Petit Verdot, all blended then aged for 15 months in new French oak barrels. Susana Balbo is regarded as Argentina’s finest female winemaker, and this Brioso is a great wine which showcase her talents. It’s consistently good quality year on year with recent vintages aiming to be more European in style, less fruit driven and more traditional Bordeaux.
From the very beginning, Susana Balbo has been dominating the art of breaking the rules. She was a pioneer in Torrontés wines, transforming this traditional grape of Argentina into an emblematic one. Her first harvest broke the rules by creating a premium style of Torrontés distinguished by its elegant notes of white flowers, pear and ripe peach.
In a few words: dry, fresh and aromatic.
Nosotros line is considered the winery’s “selection of selections”.It is the blend of the best barrels chosen by Susana and her team after many tasting rounds. Nosotros reflects the passion, experience and spirit of each of the members of this big family that is Dominio del Plata.
Many Malbec associate with powerful, robust and sweet-fruited red wines, but Susana Balbo chooses instead to emphasize the elegant fruity and minerality of the grape variety. Made with purchased grapes from Altamira, this impressive, limestone-influenced Malbec contains 4% Cabernet Sauvignon in this vintage. It’s a scented, well balanced expression of the grape with bright acidity, crunchy blackberry fruit, well integrated oak and filigree tannins. More evidence of the change of style here.
Sourced exclusively from Te Mata estate’s own vineyards, the Estate Vineyards wines represent the best qualities of their variety, vintage and Hawke’s Bay origin.
Estate Vineyards Chardonnay ’17 combines the best of traditional and modern winemaking. Traditional whole-bunch pressing, barrel fermentation, barrel maturation on gross lees, and malolactic fermentation were all used on a portion of the wine to enhance the complexity, richness and integration. Modern de-stemming and tank fermentation was used for the remainder of the grapes to preserve the vibrant varietal aromas and clear, fresh fruit expression. 2017 was a spectacular chardonnay harvest in Hawke’s Bay. Estate Vineyards Chardonnay ’17 is a pure expression of this exceptional quality.
Sourced exclusively from Te Mata estate’s own vineyards, the Estate Vineyards wines represent the best qualities of their variety, vintage and Hawke’s Bay origin.
Hawke’s Bay’s warm climate and free draining soils produce Sauvignon Blanc with ripe fruit characters, balanced by fresh acidity, without the need for residual sugar. With grapes of such quality, minimal winemaking means the finer aromatics and flavours are preserved. Refreshingly fine and floral, with an elegance and tropical lift that is pure Hawke’s Bay, Estate Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc ’18 is a wine of immense appeal.
Sourced exclusively from Te Mata estate’s own vineyards, the Estate Vineyards wines represent the best qualities of their variety, vintage and Hawke’s Bay origin.
A lovely approachable and fragrant Syrah, which spent 8 months in a combination of old and new French oak that imparted to the wine elegance and complexity.
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