Altenburg/Castelvecchio, Kaltern an der Weinstraße/Caldaro sulla Strada del Vino, Alto Adige Wine Road
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From egg to caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly. Or, rather, from shoot
to blossom to grape to wine. Armin Morandell of the estate winery of
the same name in Caldaro recognized the similarities of two impressive
processes of metamorphosis in nature. So it is no wonder that all of
the Morandell wines are named after butterflies.
The Morandell
Estate Winery is located above Lake Caldaro, and his vineyards extend
across different locations and elevations from 200 to 500 meters. All
of them may well be pampered by the son, but otherwise they have
different microclimates and soils, the palette of which ranges from lime
gravel to red loam. “This variety makes it possible for us to
purposefully grow top-quality varieties that thrive especially well at
each respective location and bring forth wines with strong character,”
Morandell explains.
He concentrates on Pinot Grigio, Schiava,
Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon, “On a handful of wines,” as he himself
puts it, “that we produce according to all the rules of the art.” And
market. And so the butterfly was made the trademark and the wines from
the Morandell Estate Winery are named after species of butterflies with
the labels related to their wings. “Wines and butterflies: both of them
are the unbelievable result of a completed transformation,” explains
Morandell, providing the idea behind it.
And because in
addition, the butterfly is a sensitive creature, it also matches quite
well with the philosophy of the Morandell Estate Winery, which is: “We
work according to a holistic approach, devote ourselves with dedication
to the care of our grapevines, and focus on sustainable management.”
