Foradori 'Fontanasanta' Nosiola 2022
The Wine
Nosiola is an ancient grape variety native to Trentino, once widespread throughout the region but whose cultivation is now restricted to the Valle dei Laghi and the hills above Trento and Pressano. It is a variety that gives a strong expression of its character only through the equilibrium found on poor soils, giving rise to wines of great delicacy and longevity. Nosiola has always been fermented on the skins in the past. The ability to obtain grapes that are "alive" and rich with the energy derived from the application of biodynamics in the vineyard and the extraordinary energetic force of the amphora, allow us to produce this wine using an “ancient” method. It should be served during a meal after a long aeration and a minimum temperature of 15 degrees.
Azienda Agricola Foradori
On the 2022 “Emilio’s favourite. Strong and mature nose right away. It smells fizzy, like a Mexican soda. Peach flavour I would say. Forget the usual freshness, but not the terpenic side, which is very expressive and shoots bunches of rosemary from the Mediterranean right through your nose hair. Besides Nosiola having a sexual affair with Marsanne/Rousanne this year, I think there was a little escapade to Hungary as well. The texture feels like the warm and soft shoulders of an Eastern Magyar bower or some kind of wizard Nosiola transformed into Houdini’s favourite juice from home. Weird and intriguing notes of Sake finish this globalized clusterfuck from Trentino. Certainly, potent in its evolution.”
Theo Zierock, Azienda Agricola Foradori
The Details
Variety - Nosiola
Country - Italy
Region - Alto-Adige
Extra - Cork
Year - 2022
Volume - 750ml
About the Wine Maker 
Based in the picture perfect Trentino town of Mezzolambardo, Elisabetta fashions elegant wines with clear territorial character. The winery was founded in 1901 with the first vintage produced in 1960 and Elisabetta making her first wine in 1984. Biodynamic conversion started in 2002 and Demeter certification in 2007. The winery focuses on the traditional Trentino varieties of Teroldego, Nosiola & Manzoni with the former making up the majority of the winery’s production. The grapes come from two distinct areas within Trentino, firstly, the Campo Rotaliano, a flood plain formed by the confluence of the Noce River into the Adige River surrounded by massive cliffs. The flooding has deposited huge quantities of limestone, granite, porphyry and fine sand, perfect for growing Teroldego. The second area is the hills east of the town of Trento, located 25 kms south of Mezzolombardo. Here the elevated Fontanasanta (holy water) estate is planted to Nosiola and Incrocio Manzoni on the rich red clay and white limestone soils. The winemaking philosophy is best summed up by Elisabetta:
‘We do not intervene in the winery; nothing is added, but we guide the wine while paying attention to its needs. Thus, the wine keeps an expressive spontaneity and bears the personality of its intense and live raw material. In this way, we seem to bring into the wineglass the fragrance of the flowers from the mountain pastures, the minerality of the surrounding cliffs, the transparency of the mountain skies, the character of the people that live in these alpine valleys.
It is our duty to convey with each bottle the character of the land of Trentino.’
Elizabetha Foradori
The wines are naturally fermented and aged in various vessels according to their needs. Stainless steel for freshness, cement for thermal inertia, Spanish clay Tinajas (amphora) for their energy and ability for the wine to reconnect with the earth. The wines are lightly sulphured after the first racking and at most the wine will contain between 30-50 mg/l of
