The best wines from Trentino in Italy

Trentino is located in the North of Italy, between the Dolomites and Lake Garda. Mainly fresh, fruity white wines are made from Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio. Most are sparkling. But Trentino also has lesser-known wine treasures. Such as red wine from Marzemino and Teroldego grapes.

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The vines in Trentino grow high on the slopes and in the valleys of the mountainous region. Most of the grapes are white: Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio. Most farmers sell their grapes to cooperatives, which make fresh, sparkling wines with Trento DOC on the label. These are usually of good house wine quality. A few dedicated winemakers manage to surpass this level by making sparkling wine from their own grapes according to the Methode Traditionelle.

Long before the first Chardonnay vine was planted here, Trentino was a well-known wine region. The Council of the Counter-Reformation was held in Trento, the capital of the region, in 1545. It was a tough meeting that lasted 18 years. Clergy from all over Europe feasted on the local wine and spread its fame to all corners of the continent.

Typical grapes from Trentino

These clergy probably drank red from Marzemino and Teroldego. Two unknown grapes that you only find in Trentino. Marzemino even made it to Mozart's Don Giovanni, who drinks a glass of Marzemino in the opera of the same name, just before he is swallowed up by hell.

Teroldego is qualitatively more interesting. It produces powerful wines from gravelly soils in the valleys of Trentino. The best winemakers give it a maturation in oak barrels. This gives Teroldego depth, complexity and a lush taste of plums and cherries with spiciness of licorice and laurel.

They did not drink wine from the Rebo grape. This is also a typical Trentino grape that produces fairly robust red wines. However, it is the result of a cross between Teroldego and Merlot from 1948.

But perhaps the dinner at the Colcilie was ended with a glass of lush sweet Nosiola grape. Also typical Trentino but lesser known. We currently have one wines from Trentino in our range. You can view all our wines from Trentino here.