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The Teroldego Grape


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About Teroldego

(Synonyms: Merlina, Teroldega, Teroldeghe, Teroldico, Teroldigo, Tiraldega, Tirodola, Tiroldegho, Tiroldigo.)

Background

Map showing Italy’s Trentino region.

Teroldego is a red-wine grape originating in the Trentino region of Italy—more specifically, in the “Campo Rotaliano”, an alluvial plain between the rivers Adige and Noce. To this day, that plain is regarded as the best site for the increasingly respected Terodelgo grape. (Though nowadays Teroldego acreage in California is steadily increasing.)

(Incidentally, the wine name is pronounced te-ROL-de-go; don’t mis-place the accent.)

Teroldego wines are quite dark in appearance, but soft and quite fruity on the palate; the fruit—of a red-fruit quality—is often overlaid with earthy, almost smoky qualities, and some spiciness. It has suficient acidity to present as fresh and bright, balancing the fruit, and has a fair amount of tannins. It does not need much aging, but can stay solid for many years, up to a decade or more for well-made specimens. The wine tends to finish with a slight bitterness (much valued by Italians and not a few others).

(This is yet another of those fabulous grapes rescued from virtual extinction by the dedicated labors of a single winemaker—in this case, Elisabetta Foradori of the like-named winery, who started her career as a winemaker at the age of 20.)

Factoid: Teroldego comes from a good family, so to speak: DNA testing has showed it to be a parent of Lagrein, and a sibling of Dureza, a parent of Syrah. It is possibly also related to Pinot Noir.

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Some Descriptions of Teroldego Wines

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Some Teroldego Bottlings to Try

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Regrettably, there are no Teroldego bottlings that meet our quality/price/availability criteria. Sorry.

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