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Italy's Alto Adige region consists of mountainous countryside just over the border from Austria, in the northeast of the country. It's a region right in the middle of the dramatic scenery of the Dolomite peaks where 94% of the land is over 1000 m in elevation.

Alois Lageder, is considered by many to be the leading producer here. His family have been active in the local wine scene for 150 years, and currently own 17 ha of vines. They also source a substantial portion of their grapes from a network of more than 150 local growers. This is almost a necessity in a region where vineyard holdings are highly fragmented.

Lageder emphasizes the importance of respect for the soil, and aims to keep spraying to a minimum. He exclusively uses biodynamic method for his own vineyards . The wines are made in a sparkling new winery that was opened in 1996. Three quality tiers exist. First, there is the ‘classic' series of varietal wines, then the ‘single vineyard' selections, and at the pinnacle the ‘single estate' wines.

All Alois Lageder wines share a cool-climate elegance, with subtle, bright fruit flavours. They're quite modern in style. If you had to think of just one word to describe them, it would be ‘fresh'.

The grapes for this classic serie are from selected vineyard in the southern part of the Alto Adige appellation (Salorno, Magrè and Pochi) and the

most northern part of Trentino (Roverè della Luna), at 300 to 500 metres altitude (980 - 1,650 feet), situated on the cooler west-facing slopes of the Adige valley. Soils are sandy, gravelly and with a high content of limestone. Large temperature variation between day and night.

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