Pepi Sauvignon – 2024

Cantina Tramin – Pepi Sauvignon DOC

The Pepi Sauvignon Blanc 2024 from Cantina Tramin is an aromatic, powerful white wine from South Tyrol. The name Pepi is derived from the classic Sauvignon growing areas of Penon and Pinzon, which are districts of the municipalities of Kurtatsch and Montan.

The Cantina Tramin Pepi Sauvignon Blanc presents itself in a straw-yellow dress with greenish shimmers and captivates with a floral scent and its typical bouquet reminiscent of nettle and elderflower. On the palate, light yellow-fruited aromas of exotic fruits and local plants such as peach and gooseberry stand out. The Sauvignon combines opulence and freshness, is lively and has a hearty acidity. This South Tyrolean wine is a wonderful aperitif, and excellently accompanies asparagus, fish, lobster, seafood, and lightly spiced dishes with white meat.

Cantina Tramin Winemaking

The mild winter of the 2024 vintage with sufficient rainfall, as well as a warm March also blessed with rain, led to an early budding of the vines. Afterwards, it was rather cool and damp until the end of June, with the exception of a few early summer days in April. The summer was warm with many hours of sunshine, and a rainy autumn extended the vegetative phase of the grapes. Overall, 2024 was a challenging vintage, requiring many extra hours of work in the vineyard. Thanks to a consistent implementation of the quality philosophy, the experience of the winemakers, and the cooperation within the cooperative, Cantina Tramin was able to harvest grape material of remarkable quality, especially for the white grape varieties and Pinot Noir. Thus, the white wines of the 2024 vintage are delicate and fresh in the glass, while for the reds, the elegance of the Pinot Noir stands out in particular.

The Sauvignon Blanc vines for this Cantina Tramin wine grow on calcareous, gravelly loam soils on the opposite sides of the valley, east and west of the Adige, on hillsides at an altitude of 450 m above sea level. The vineyards with a western or eastern slope enjoy very different peak times of sun exposure during the day. The grapes were harvested by hand in several passes at the time of optimal physiological ripeness and brought to the winery in small containers. There, they were destemmed and further processed under gentle, long pressing. Fermentation took place at a controlled temperature (19°C) in stainless steel tanks. This was followed by aging in large oak barrels for at least 6 months on the lees, without malolactic fermentation.

Pepi Sauvignon Blanc – a wine and its values

• Origin Italy
• Growing region South Tyrol - Alto Adige DOC
• Grape variety Sauvignon Blanc
• Vintage 2024
• 13.5% vol. Alcohol
• 6.6g/l Acidity
• 1.0g/l Residual sugar
• 55 Hl/Hectare Yield