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This Week's Must-Try Wines from Vinous

Welcome to this week's Must-Try Wines from Vinous! Each week we compile a list of wines from the Vinous database that you need to add to your wine wish list. With all the various regions, producers, and grapes, no week will be the same! All of the wines listed in this feature are available for purchase on Banquet . This week's must-try wines are from Eric Guido’s article, Trentino-Alto Adige: Knocking on Heaven’s Door . Enjoy an excerpt from this article and reviews below! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Is there such a thing as too much good wine? In Trentino-Alto Adige, there may be. Quality is exceptionally high, prices are incredibly fair, and producers continue to raise the bar. However, consumers have to navigate a multilingual system and wade through an ocean of entry-level wines to get to the best the region has to offer.” --Eric Guido, Trentino-Alto Adige: Knocking on Heaven’s, May 2023 1. 2021 Alois Lageder Terra Alpina Dolomiti Pinot Grigio 2. 2021 Foradori Fontanasanta Vigneti Delle Dolomiti Nosiola 3. 2021 Foradori Morei Vigneti delle Dolomiti Teroldego 4. 2020 Kris Delle Venezie Pinot Grigio 5. 2021 Manni Nössing Valle Isarco / Eisacktaler Sylvaner 6. 2021 Cantina Convento Muri-Gries Muri-Gries Alto Adige - Südtirol Pinot Grigio 7. 2018 Heinrich Mayr Nusserhof Riserva Südtirol Lagrein 8. 2021 Peter Zemmer Alto Adige Pinot Grigio 9. 2020 Tiefenbrunner Feldmarschall von Fenner Müller-Thurgau

Tiefenbrunner

Feldmarschall Von Fenner Zu Fennberg Südtirol-Alto Adige Müller-Thurgau 2020

Delectable Wine
9.4

The 2020 Müller-Thurgau Feldmarschall von Fenner bursts from the glass with a captivating mix of nectarine and lemon zest complicated by crushed rocks and curry leaves. This is texturally deep, flowing across the palate like pure silk. A saline mineral perfectly contrasts core citrus-tinged orchard fruits and ripe melon. The word salty doesn’t do this justice, as the 2020 finishes distinctively savory and intensely spicey, reverberating with residual acids that keep the mouth watering for more. While still relatively young, this is utterly fantastic. I can’t wait to see what a few years of cellaring might reveal. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Kris

Delle Venezie Pinot Grigio 2021

Delectable Wine
8.6

The 2021 Pinot Grigio is sweetly floral with crushed apple and white flower nuances lifting from the glass. It's soft-textured with ripe orchard fruits and juicy acidity, yet lacks depth. This finishes with medium length, showing a flourish of citrus and hints of spice. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Alois Lageder

Terra Alpina Dolomiti Pinot Grigio 2021

Delectable Wine
8.6

The 2021 Pinot Grigio is a bit coy, showing only hints of crushed apple and sweet spice. It flows across the palate, saline-tinged, with white pit fruits and lime traces. The 2021 finishes short while leaving behind a lingering mineral staining. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Peter Zemmer

Alto Adige - Südtirol Pinot Grigio 2021

Delectable Wine
8.6

Crushed apples, rocks and sea breeze aromas emerge from the 2021 Pinot Grigio. It’s soft with a pleasant inner sweetness balanced by saline minerals. This finishes a bit short yet clean. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Cantina Convento Muri-Gries

Muri-Gries Alto Adige - Südtirol Pinot Grigio 2021

Delectable Wine
8.9

The 2021 Pinot Grigio wafts up, wickedly bright and floral, like a spring day with fresh grasses, lemonade and melon. It washes across the palate silky and finessed with a pretty mix of ripe orchard fruits and inner florals. The 2021 finishes fresh, with medium length and leaves behind sage hints. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Foradori

Morei Vigneti delle Dolomiti Teroldego 2021

Delectable Wine
9.4

The 2021 Teroldego Morei is intense in the glass. Exotic spices and dark, dusty florals offset the crushed stone and dried cherry notes. This floods the palate with masses of ripe red fruit and mineral tones propelled by zesty acidity. Grippy tannins take hold through the finale, allowing inner violet florals and clove notes to carry on. A twang of sour citrus punctuates the experience perfectly. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Cantina Convento Muri-Gries

Muri-Gries Alto Adige - Südtirol Pinot Grigio

Delectable Wine
8.9

The 2021 Pinot Grigio wafts up, wickedly bright and floral, like a spring day with fresh grasses, lemonade and melon. It washes across the palate silky and finessed with a pretty mix of ripe orchard fruits and inner florals. The 2021 finishes fresh, with medium length and leaves behind sage hints. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Manni Nössing

Valle Isarco / Eisacktaler Sylvaner 2021

Delectable Wine
9.3

More savory than sweet, the 2021 Sylvaner lifts up with a cascade of dried flowers and gingery spice offset by a cooling air of dusty stone. Like tapping a mountain spring, this flows across the palate with a mineral-laden blend of crisp orchard fruit and citrus lifted by cooling acidity. The 2021 takes on a tropical air through the finish yet is tart, puckering the cheeks with residual tension as pretty inner florals and young kiwi echo throughout. This is a gorgeous style of Nossing’s Sylvaner. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Foradori

Fontanasanta Vigneti Delle Dolomiti Nosiola 2021

Delectable Wine
9.2

Sweet florals, spice, lemon curd and mint create a thoroughly inviting bouquet as the 2021 Nosiola Fontanasanta opens in the glass. This is soothingly soft, traversing both savory and sweet. It's perfumed, like liquid flowers mixed with the essence of apple as it flows across the palate. The 2021 finishes savory, nearly salty in style, with lingering citrus hints. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago