2024 Ignaz Niedrist Sudtirol Kalterersee Classico Superiore, Alto Adige

Meet your ultimate alpine summer red. Schiava (aka Vernatsch, Trollinger, or Black Hamburg) is light and thirst-quenching, yet boasts an underlying complexity derived from 80- to 90-year-old vines. Radiant ruby in the glass, it opens with striking scents of red berries, rose petals, and forest floor before drifting into a weightless, light-bodied palate framed by fine, tea-like tannins. This wine is the perfect accompaniment to any antipasti or pre-dinner noshes.