Ritterhof Sudtirol Muller Thurgau 2024 5-year unadorned wines in the northern

unadorned wines in the northern part of Austria's Weinviertel

with a gentle squeeze of tannin

candied kumquat

dried herbs and vanilla bean

and crushed stone

Ritterhof Sudtirol Muller Thurgau 2024 5-year unadorned wines in the northernAlto Adige has been the gateway between Austria and Italy for significantly longer than either country has existed, and the people who live in these narrow alpine valleys have learned to take the best parts of each culture for their own. For winemakers like Eva Kaneppele at Weingut Tenuta Ritterhof, that synthesis results in beautifully clear headed and fresh wines like this Muller Thurgau, grown in the sand and gravel soils near the Lago de Caldaro