‘Sgarzon’ and ‘Morei’ are further riffs on Teroldego, from two different single vineyards. ‘Sgarzo’ means ‘vine shoot’ in local dialect. The grapes are selected from 1 ha of the 2.5 ha Sgarzon vineyard. It is a very fresh, cool site and the soil is sandy with pebbles and gravel up to 30 cm. It receives 8 months of maceration in amphorae, followed by 3 months of ageing in oak casks.
‘Lifted, fresh and floral with a really nice grippy detailed palate, showing raspberries and cherries. Sgarzon is quite structural.’
AZIENDA AGRICOLA FORADORI
Mezzolombardo
Certified organic by ICEA and Biodynamic by Demeter
Azienda Agricola Foradori is a 29-ha biodynamic estate in Mezzolombardo (Trento). Two distinct terroirs can be found, Campo Rotaliano (alluvial, gravel and sand) and Fontanasanta (mainly calcareous clay).
Located in the heart of Campo Rotaliano surrounded by the Dolomites, the estate was built in 1901 and has been owned by the Foradori family since 1939. Since then, they have been working to resurrect the ancient local variety Teroldego, from 2002 the estate converted to biodynamic viticulture.
It was Elisabetta Foradori and Rainer Zierock’s work that led to the conservation and regeneration of the Teroldego grape genetics through the cultivation of the grape’s original genotypes. Today their children Emilio, Theo and Myrtha Zierock, the fourth generation, continue in their footsteps in running the estate.
Aside from wine, the family is producing vegetables and breeding Tyrolean Grey cattle for cheese production.
“As guardians of the land we believe our work is measured with time, with nature’s rhythms, with the anticipation for the plants to grow, to age, to give fruit, for the wine’s slow evolution in the silence and darkness of the winery”.