Bianco

The 'Dolomytos' is Ansitz Dolomytos Sacker's flagship white - a unique field-blend assemblage of Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, and Pinot Blanc with Assyrtiko and other international and Greek varieties. Vineyards at Auna di Sotto sul Renon, above Bolzano, on Alto Adige slopes Rainer Zierock identified as his ideal site.

Vinification follows the estate's signature recipe: gentle pressing, spontaneous fermentation, then ageing on the lees without added sulphur for at least 2 years in 'cigarillos' - 150-litre barrels stored in a 70-metre-deep gallery at constant temperature and humidity. Bottled unfiltered, then a further 1-2 years in bottle before release.

Style: oxidative-leaning, structured, ageworthy - more Greek-island/Jura adjacent than typical Alto Adige white. The 2016 reads as fully mature: salinity, smoke, lime, propolis, ripe yellow fruit, the kind of complexity that needed every year of its bottle age to come together.