2024 Foradori Teroldego, Dolomiti IGT, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

ABOUT THIS WINE

This wine is made from 100% Teroldego, the signature red grape of Trentino’s Campo Rotaliano. It’s sourced from 9 hectares divided among roughly 15 estate parcels around Mezzolombardo. The vineyards sit on the flat, well-drained Campo Rotaliano, where centuries of river activity deposited alluvial sand, gravel, Dolomitic limestone, granite, and porphyry. Older vines are traditionally trained on pergola, while younger plantings use Guyot.

The 2024 comes from estate vines planted between 1956 and 2005. Each parcel is harvested by hand and vinified separately. Depending on the vintage, the fruit is partly destemmed and partly retained as whole clusters; fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in cement tanks. Élevage takes place over 12 months in large, seasoned wooden botti and cement, with the finished wine bottled without fining or filtration and with only a small sulfur addition.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCER

Foradori is one of Italy’s leading natural and biodynamic producers, renowned for its integrity, precision, and pioneering spirit. While best known for resurrecting Teroldego, Elisabetta Foradori has also dedicated herself to lesser-known varieties like Manzoni Bianco, cultivating them with the same care and intentionality.

The Fontanasanta project reflects her vision of creating whites with soul and structure, made naturally and aged in amphora to capture the full voice of grape and site. The estate, Demeter-certified since 2009, is a model for regenerative viticulture and non-interventionist winemaking in the Dolomites. Now co-led by her son Emilio, Foradori continues to evolve while staying rooted in a philosophy of balance, biodiversity, and authenticity.