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Elisabetta Foradori
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Teroldego 2016

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Tasting notes

The 2016 Foradori Teroldego delivers wild strawberry and blackberry fruit backed by smoke and forest floor, with the kind of bright, cutting acidity that keeps the wine tense and alive across the palate. It is one of the clearest expressions of what Teroldego can do on the gravelly alluvial soils of Campo Rotaliano when yields are controlled and the vines are old enough to concentrate character.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Wild StrawberryBlackberryForest FloorLicorice
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Teroldego
Farming:Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:2016
Alcohol:13%
Country:Italy
Region:Trentino-Alto Adige
Appellation:Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Elisabetta Foradori

Azienda Agricola Foradori is based in Mezzolombardo, at the southern edge of the Campo Rotaliano in Trentino. The estate was purchased by Vittorio Foradori in 1939, and the first bottled wine was released in 1960 under Vittorio's son Roberto. Roberto passed away in 1976, and after completing her oenology degree at the Istituto di San Michele all'Adige, Elisabetta Foradori took over winemaking at age 20 in 1984 or 1985. She inherited a winery operating in a region where Teroldego had been largely abandoned in favor of international varieties grown at high yields. Elisabetta reversed that, focusing on massal selection to identify and propagate 15 distinct biotypes of Teroldego from the estate's oldest vines.

Elisabetta began converting the estate to biodynamic farming in 2002, earning ICEA and Demeter certification in 2009. The vineyards — approximately 28 hectares in total, 70% planted to Teroldego — are divided between the alluvial soils of the Campo Rotaliano and the calcareous-clay hillside plots of Fontanasanta above Trento. Vine training has shifted progressively from the traditional high-yielding pergola system to Guyot. The estate also runs Tyrolean Grey cattle and a vegetable garden as part of a broader polycultural farming approach. Elisabetta's children — Emilio, Theo, and Myrtha Zierock — now run the winery's production, commerce, and farming respectively.

In the cellar, all fermentations are spontaneous using indigenous yeasts. Winemaking varies by cuvée: the Teroldego undergoes one to two weeks of maceration and is aged in cement tanks and used oak foudres for approximately 12 months. The single-vineyard Sgarzon and Morei wines ferment and age for eight months in Spanish clay tinajas (amphorae) introduced at the estate beginning in 2013. The Granato spends 15 to 18 months in large oak casks. All wines are bottled without fining or filtration, with only minimal sulfur additions at racking and bottling.

Wine region

Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Trentino-Alto Adige occupies Italy's northeastern corner, running from Lake Garda north through the Adige Valley to the Austrian border. The region is predominantly Alpine: over 65% of the landmass rises above 1,000 meters, and vineyards are planted along valley floors and terraced hillsides shaped by glacial and river deposits. The climate is continental with strong diurnal temperature swings — warm days allow ripening while cool mountain nights preserve acidity and aromatic freshness. The Adige River and its tributaries have deposited centuries of alluvial soils rich in sand, gravel, limestone, and granite across the valley floors.

Trentino, the southern sub-region, is the home of Teroldego, a dark-skinned indigenous variety that reaches its finest expression on the Campo Rotaliano — a flat, roughly triangular gravelly plain at the confluence of the Adige and Noce rivers near Mezzocorona and Mezzolombardo. Teroldego Rotaliano DOC, established in 1971 as the first varietal DOC in the province, governs wines made exclusively from Teroldego grown here. Some producers, including Foradori, bottle under the Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, which allows greater flexibility in winemaking approach. Alto Adige, the northern sub-region (also known as Südtirol), is known primarily for Pinot Bianco, Gewürztraminer, Lagrein, and Pinot Nero, produced across steeply terraced hillside vineyards at elevations up to 900 meters.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

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If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

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Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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