Terlano Pinot Bianco 2024
Terlano Pinot Bianco 2024
$22.99 on 6+ bottles (use code at checkout: 6saves2)
91 Vinous Media
Drinking Window 2025 - 2027
The 2024 Pinot Bianco Tradition mixes vivid notes of crushed yellow apple with wildflowers and spice to form its inviting bouquet. This blends a pretty inner sweetness with juicy acidity and ripe orchard fruits to create a seductive impression on the palate. A subtle saline tinge remains, as the 2024 finishes incredibly fresh with a twang of sour lime. - By Eric Guido on December 2025
Cantina Terlano is known for its exceptional quality and encyclopedic portfolio that includes every key grape variety in Alto Adige. As a co-op winery with 43 growers working 190 hectares, Terlano's continued excellence from vintage to vintage is remarkable. Their wines compete with the absolute best of the region, in large part due to their close relationships with growers and strict rules. Touring the vineyards with the director of sales and marketing, Klaus Gasser, I noticed that not a single vine seemed diseased, nor were there any empty spaces where vines had died. Both are common in vineyards around the world. Gasser explained, “All our growers are incentivized to remove and replace any diseased vines as quickly as possible. We pay for quality, not quantity.”
Gasser explained how Alto-Adige differs greatly from surrounding regions because of the mountains and shifting air currents through the valleys. As a result, the team at Terlano found 2023 to be a more relaxed year, which shows in the wines’ balance. However, they weren’t as lucky in 2024. “Two thousand twenty-four was a hard vintage, with botrytis causing many problems,” said Gasser. Heavy rains during flowering, a short summer and a cool, wet September created uneven ripening and led to a complicated harvest. In the end, yields were down between 20 and 30%. The Cantina Terlano team also makes the Cantina Andriano range. Both portfolios are fantastic.
Our Tasting Note: Hard to beat for the $. So aromatic for the grape, med+ nose of pear, green apples, some crushed almonds, very subtle pencil lead/shavings, lime, and floral blossom. Med bodied, with med+ flavor intensity, layered and long, cool, and a very persistent finish. Great wine at a really great price! We just added this to our in-store hot values section!
Winemaking: Manual harvest and selection of the grapes; gentle pressing and clarification of the must by natural sedimentation; slow fermentation at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks, aging on the lees in steel tanks for 6-7 months.
