St. Magdalener
The St. Magdalener ( Italian Santa Maddalena ) is a light, fruity and regionally typical red wine from the South Tyrolean wine-growing region , which is made from varieties of Vernatsch varieties . It is grown around the wine village of St. Magdalena near Bozen in South Tyrol . The history of this wine has been documented for more than a century and should go back to the Middle Ages. Since August 11, 1971 the wine has been protected and controlled as DOC ( QbA ).
Traditionally, the mixed batch (i.e. already in the vineyard) contains around five percent Lagrein grapes, which are then vinified together. Today, a blend (sometimes also called a cuvée ) is often used , i.e. H. the Vernatsch and Lagrein grapes are vinified separately and combined as finished wines. Up to 15% blends with the Lagrein or Blauburgunder varieties are legally permitted. Because of the hot climate in the Bolzano valley basin and the small amount of strong Lagrein, the Magdalener is fuller and more intense than the other Vernat pigs in South Tyrol. This is why the wine is popularly known as the "Queen of Vernatsch". The loose moraine bulk soils are ideal for the full ripeness of the grapes. As a result of the poor water retention capacity of these soils, the first large- scale irrigation system in Europe was built there in 1929 .
- Color: ruby red
- Upbringing: almost exclusively on pergel
- Alcohol content: 12-13.5 percent by volume
- Drinking temperature: 14-17 ° C
History of Bolzano wines
Bozner is already mentioned as a wine in the Lake Constance area around the year 1000 and was mentioned several times in the late Middle Ages as a particularly good red wine in monasteries and aristocratic courts in southern Germany. This was probably a mixed batch (several grape varieties) predecessor of the St. Magdalener, which perhaps also had Vernatsch and Lagrein in it, but this has not yet been proven. It is also likely that climatological, profitable, administrative and market-changing conditions have slowly but steadily changed the wine over the centuries. Before the 20th century, in addition to the Vernatsch varieties and the Lagrein, many additional varieties, some of which are now unknown or no longer cultivated, were present in the vineyards. Not even the approximate proportions of these different varieties can be reconstructed before the 19th century.
A winegrowers' cooperative for the protection of wine has existed since 1923 , which in 1978 was converted into the “Voluntary Consortium for the Protection of Wine Production in St. Magdalena”. A large part of the producers, wineries and marketers of this wine are united in this consortium. In the time of fascism (1931) the wine was declared one of the three best in Italy, probably mainly for political reasons.
Growing area
Wines that come from the original growing areas around St. Magdalena, St. Justina , Leitach , Rentsch and St. Peter on the south-facing slopes of the Renon may use the additional designation "Classic" ( Italian : Classico ). The entire cultivation area comprised around 186 hectares in 2018 (457 hectares in 1978).
For decades, excellent producers from the classic area with indication of the selection line or of single-site wines: Bozen winery "Moar" and "Huck am Bach", H. Rottensteiner "Premstallerhof", Ansitz Waldgries "Antheos", Glögglhof / Gojer "Rondell", Erbhof Unterganzner "Heilmann", Pfannenstielhof "AnnVer", Untermoserhof "Hub", Obermoser "Nobilis", Griesbauerhof "Isarcus", Fliederhof "Gran Marie", Kandlerhof "Schloterpöck".
Newer producers with awards: Plonerhof "Alte Reben", Wassererhof, Larcherhof.
literature
- Martin Kilchmann: South Tyrol's free winegrowers. Lived wine culture in the Alps . Folio Verlag, Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-3-85256-482-1 .
- Production rules of the DOC Südtirol (quality wine regulations: disciplinare di produione della denominazione di origine controllata dei vini Alto Adige ("Südtirol o Südtiroler")), decree of 19 September 2007
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Magdalener area, Voluntary Consortium for the Protection of Wine Production in St. Magdalena, approx. 2011, archived copy ( memento from August 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Map producers St. Magdalener, Voluntary Consortium for the Protection of Wine Production in St. Magdalena, approx. 2011, archived copy ( Memento from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Production St. Magdalener, Voluntary Consortium for the Protection of Wine Production in St. Magdalena, approx. 2011, archived copy ( memento from August 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive )