Cantina Terlano - Vorberg Riserva Pinot Bianco 2021 (750ml)
Price: $47.00
#8 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of 2024
| Producer | Cantina Terlano |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto-Adige |
| Varietal | Pinot Blanc |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 6978 |
| Size | 750ml |
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James Suckling: 99 Points
Restrained apricot peel, fairly neutral yet classy, but with a floral bouquet that opens up. The attack is full and impressively vibrant, almost electric, with filigreed elegance and a silky, weighted palate. Long and polished. This is incredible. Drink now or hold to achieve greater complexity.
Wine Enthusiast: 95 Points
Vorberg is one of the world's great Pinot Bianco (Pinot Blancs) and opens with a fragrant aroma of ripe pear green apple and hints of almond. On the palate it is vibrant with an interplay of citrus and stone fruit carried by a refreshing acidity. The wine culminates in a textured finish that spans across cuisines. Drink now?2040. ? Jeff Porter
Vinous: 94 Points
The 2021 Pinot Bianco Riserva Vorberg is youthfully coiled as an airy blend of wild herbs and dried flowers gives way to young peach and apricot. This is seamlessly silky and serene on the palate nearly oily in feel with brisk acidity to balance and depths of ripe orchard fruits and mineral tones that saturate. The balance is perfect lightly tannic and full of tension with a lemony concentration that puckers the cheeks as minty herbal tones fade. Green apple notes add a crunchy sensation toward the close. This fantastic rendition of Vorberg will thrive in a cold cellar. - By Eric Guido on December 2023 Cantina Terlano is without a doubt an icon for northern Italian wine. The portfolio is encyclopedic with a vast number of varietal wines made in a fresh and easy-to-understand style and more importantly single vineyard wines and Terlaner DOC. The winery also produces the Cantina Andriano portfolio. One would think that such a large array of wines might diminish the overall quality produced at Terlano but that is not the case. While Terlano is a co-op winery with 43 growers working a total area of 190 hectares the level of quality produced often outpaces many of the best small artisan growers throughout the region. Year after year the Terlaner I Primo Grande Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc Quarz Pinot Bianco Riserva Vorberg and Terlaner Riserva Cuvée Nova Domus are immediate standouts. While prices have escalated over the years in my opinion they continue to represent tremendous value. In fact it?s not uncommon for a visit to Terlano to include a blind serving of Premier Cru White Burgundy simply to set the pace for the wines they are about to pour. As for the recent vintages the 2021s show the clarity and promise of the year. They are ripe yet chiseled with tantalizing acidity. As for the fresh 2022s they show more of the richness of the vintage. Even still the 2022 Sauvignon Blanc Quarz is an immediate standout and outlier showing the intensity and balanced acidity to excel through medium-term cellaring.
