PRODUCTION AREA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS: Our Lagrein is 100% Lagrein grapes (Lagrein is an autochthonous grape variety that can be made as a red wine if produced with skin contact, or as a white wine, if using the off -skins method). Our Lagrein grows in the lower vineyards of the Egna area, on very warm alluvial soil where the grapes reach ripeness earlier than on the higher slopes. As a late-ripening grape variety, Lagrein requires this particular mesoclimate to reach full ripening.
VINIFICATION METHODS: After a careful selection, the grapes are lightly pressed and then destemmed with great care before fermentation in open vats, without cap punch-down. Once fermentation has been achieved, the wine is transferred to small oak barrels for a secondary, or malolactic, fermentation. The wine is then moved barrique to barrique where it will undergo further maturing for 15 months.
MATURING AND BOTTLE AGEING: After fining with egg white, the wine is ready for bottling. Dark Lagrein can be drunk when young, but further maturing in the bottle will enhance the roundness and rich mouthfeel of this wine.
DESCRIPTION: Usually bright red, in some vintages this wine can display deep purple highlights. On the nose, the aromas are very intense and ample, with hints of ripe red berries, fresh grass, and violets. On the palate, it is velvety with good concentration and character and soft tannins.
FOOD PAIRINGS: This wine goes wonderfully well with hearty fully-flavoured grilled red meat.
yr. 2018 Falstaff:
91 of 100 Points.
"Falstaff" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2018 on 01.07.2022 with 91 of 100 points.
yr. 2012 Wine Enthusiast:
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2012 on 01.01.2016 with 91 of 100 points.
yr. 2013 Wine & Spirits Magazine:
85 of 100 Points.
"Wine & Spirits Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2013 on 01.08.2015 with 85 of 100 points.
yr. 2012 Vinum Wine Magazine:
16 of 20 Points.
"Vinum Wine Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2012 on 01.02.2015 with 16 of 20 points.
yr. 2011 Wine Enthusiast:
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2011 on 01.01.2015 with 91 of 100 points.
yr. 2011 Wine & Spirits Magazine:
88 of 100 Points.
"Wine & Spirits Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2011 on 01.08.2014 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2010 Wine & Spirits Magazine:
90 of 100 Points.
"Wine & Spirits Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2010 on 01.08.2012 with 90 of 100 points.
yr. 2010 Falstaff:
87 of 100 Points.
"Falstaff" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2010 on 01.07.2012 with 87 of 100 points.
yr. 2009 Wine Enthusiast:
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2009 on 01.01.2012 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2004 Wine Spectator:
"Wine Spectator" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2004 on 01.06.2007 with 85 of 100 points.
yr. 2003 Vinum Wine Magazine:
"Vinum Wine Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2003 on 01.04.2006 with 16 of 20 points.
yr. 2003 Wine Enthusiast:
"Wine Enthusiast" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2003 on 01.01.2005 with 87 of 100 points.
yr. 2000 Vinum Wine Magazine:
"Vinum Wine Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2000 on 01.03.2004 with 16 of 20 points.
yr. 2000 Wine & Spirits Magazine:
"Wine & Spirits Magazine" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2000 on 01.08.2003 with 88 of 100 points.
yr. 2009 CellarTracker:
86 of 100 Points.
"CellarTracker" has rated the wine "Franz Haas Lagrein Schweizer" from the vintage 2009 with 86 of 100 points.
For the gourmets among us, the delicious wild boar ham is recommended. The meat of the wild boar is not comparable to that of the domestic pig. It is aromatic and dark red in colour. Furthermore, the meat is leaner and firmer than that of the domestic pig.
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Servelade-Würstel are already a classic under the fine-grained boiled sausages. Our Servelade is produced of high-quality veal and pork and is filled in physical pig's bowel. It tastes best of all warmly, grilled or in fine discs cut as a sausage salad with onions.
The Kaminwurzen (smoked sausages) are mildly smoked and air-dried sausages of beef and pork, a typical South Tyrolean speciality.
The South Tyrolean deer salamis Villgrater is produced of home deer meat with vigourous pork bacon, is refined with local wild herbs and afterwards air-dried.
