{"product_id":"teroldego-2016-elisabetta-foradori-trentino-alto-adige-italy-natural-wine","title":"Teroldego 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the flagship red of Azienda Agricola Foradori: 100% Teroldego sourced from 10 hectares of vines planted between 1956 and 2005 on the flat, well-drained Campo Rotaliano plateau, sandwiched between the towns of Mezzocorona and Mezzolombardo in northern Trentino. Soils are alluvial — sand, pebbles, limestone, and granite deposited by the Noce River — giving the wine its mineral backbone. Vines are trained in both traditional pergola and Guyot styles and farmed biodynamically, with Demeter certification since 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrapes are hand-harvested and mostly destemmed, with some whole clusters left intact. Fermentation happens spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, with one to two weeks of maceration. The 2016 was aged approximately 12 months in cement tanks and used oak foudres, with no fining or filtration. Sulfur is added only at racking and bottling, in minimal doses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 Teroldego shows an intense purplish ruby color. On the nose: wild strawberry, blackberry, smoke, and forest floor. The palate is dry, with bright acidity, moderate tannins, and a fresh, lively finish. The wine is bottled under the Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT, as Foradori's winemaking approach — including non-oak neutral vessel aging — falls outside the Teroldego Rotaliano DOC framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElisabetta Foradori is widely credited with reviving Teroldego from near-obscurity. Through massal selection, she identified and propagated 15 distinct biotypes of the grape, giving the variety both genetic diversity and quality footing it had lost during decades of high-yield conventional farming.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisabetta Foradori","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12968498757687,"sku":"FORATERO16C","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/teroldego-2016-elisabetta-foradori-trentino-alto-adige-italy-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780627405","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/teroldego-2016-elisabetta-foradori-trentino-alto-adige-italy-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}