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Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 15 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs15 yrs17 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
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
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Roast duck
Duck's richness needs the cuvee's acidity; cherry register echoes a Morello sauce. -
Veal medallions
Veal and Pinot Nero's structured cherry-and-spice register are classical partners. -
Wild mushroom risotto
Forest mushroom umami threads through the cuvee's earthy spice. -
Aged Pecorino
Sheep's-milk crystalline salt sharpens the cuvee's cherry core.
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.
- 2005: Pinot 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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