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Profile
Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs15 yrs17 yrs
Critic scores
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In the glass
Aroma: cherry, wild berry, spice
Palate: elegant, structured, mineral
Single-site Pinot Nero Riserva from a Girlan parcel: cherry and wild-berry aromatics with spice, elegant and structured palate with the calcareous-soil mineral spine that distinguishes serious Alto Adige Pinot Nero.
What it pairs with
- Roast duck Duck's richness needs the cuvee's acidity; cherry register echoes a Morello sauce.More wines for duck and goose →
- Veal medallions Veal and Pinot Nero's structured cherry-and-spice register are classical partners.More wines for beef and red meat →
- Wild mushroom risotto Forest mushroom umami threads through the cuvee's earthy spice.More wines for risotto →
- Aged Pecorino Sheep's-milk crystalline salt sharpens the cuvee's cherry core.More wines for aged hard cheese →
With cheese
History
Pinot Nero Riserva Girlan sits in Niedrist's Single Sites tier. Drawn from a Cornaiano-area parcel, the cuvee is the cellar's standard-bearer for Pinot Nero in the Oltradige sub-zone.
- 2005Pinot Nero Riserva Girlan established as the cellar's single-site Burgundian red
Facts
- Producer
- Weingut Ignaz Niedrist · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir
- Classification
- DOC Alto Adige
- Oak
- Extended barrique ageing
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 32-48 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2005
Frequently asked about Pinot Nero Riserva Girlan
What does Niedrist Pinot Nero Riserva Girlan taste like?
Cherry and wild-berry aromatics with spice complexity; elegant and structured palate with calcareous-soil mineral spine and high acidity.
When should I drink Niedrist Pinot Nero Riserva Girlan?
Drink between 5 and 15 years from vintage. Riserva tier and barrique ageing support medium-to-long cellaring; serve at 14-15 degrees C.
Where is the Girlan parcel?
In Cornaiano (Girlan), within the Oltradige sub-zone of Alto Adige, on calcareous soils that have made the area Alto Adige's premier Pinot Nero terroir alongside neighbouring Mazon.
How does this differ from the Trattmann or Vigna Ganger?
Niedrist's Girlan is a single-grower bottling from a smaller parcel, while Cantina Girlan's Trattmann and Vigna Ganger are cooperative-scale flagships from larger holdings in Bassa Atesina, Oltradige and Mazon.
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