Vigna Ganger 2016 Girlan

Classificatie	Cru Classe
Wijnsoort	Rood
Producent	Girlan
Jaar	2016
Land	Italië
Streek	Alto Adige
Druif	Pinot Noir
Inhoud	0,75
Conditie	In 1-fles originele houten kist
Etiket	Perfect
Drinkbaar	2023-2040
Voorraad	13

Professionele reviews

Robert Parker (95)

The Girlan 2016 Alto Adige Pinot Noir Riserva Mazon Vigna Ganger is a distinguished expression of the grape—and one of the best to come from Italy. This special wine draws its fruit from a vineyard site that is a veritable garden of Pinot Noir, with steep diurnal temperature shifts, a good elevation (at 370 meters above sea level) and loose limestone soils. This vintage and past vintages teach us that Vigna Ganger does not specifically offer those typical wild berry and blue flower aromas you normally get with the Burgundian grape. Instead, this interpretation veers toward dark plum, slate or granite. It shows a synergistic use of oak spice and tar, and it has more structure, thanks to 20% stem inclusion during fermentation. The palate delivers candied cherry, blood orange and pressed lilac. This wine needs more time to evolve in the cellar. Production is a precious 2,700 bottles.

BOW (8.75)

James Suckling (93)

Currants, dried leaves, tobacco and dried citrus zest on the nose. It’s medium-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins and crisp acidity. Firm and austere. Yet refined. Lots of mineral and stone undertones. Creamy and redfined. Beautiful. Drinkable now but better in two or three years.

Vinous (93)

The 2016 Pinot Noir Vigna Ganger Riserva is a cru bottling from the Ganger monopole of Mazzon, and it’s a beauty. It has a bouquet that is best described as all of the aromas of food, spices and candies of Christmas. Cherries, cranberry, quince, allspice, cinnamon, and cocoa can all be found in the glass, along with notes of rosemary and sage. It’s silky-smooth, showing intense red primary fruits balanced on a medium-bodied frame with dark inner florals, hints of mint and tobacco developing, as fine tannins slowly take hold and begin to dry out the expression. The structured finale hints at the aging potential of the Vigna Ganger Riserva, with notes of licorice and lavender lingering long. There’s so much potential here. With a few years of cellaring and a bit of oak integration, I believe the 2016 will be phenomenal. This sees partial whole-cluster fermentation, and it spends twenty months maturing in barriques and then into bottle for another eighteen months prior to release.