| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 12.5% |
| Production | 50,000 bottles |
Foradori Teroldego Lezèr
2023Cheerful and festive
BIODYNAMIC
Spec sheet
The wine
What does this wine taste like?
View | Cherry red / Bright / Tenue |
|---|---|
Bouquet | Wild fruits / Purple flowers / Cherries / Strawberries / Plums |
Mouth | Fresh / Fresh fruit / Mineral / Subtle / Succulent |
Drinking and storing
Like every artisanal wine, opening and letting it breathe for half an hour before serving is recommended. It can be enjoyed as soon as released onto the market and for the next three years due to its fine quality.
Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC
Food pairing
Cold starters / Veal carpaccio / Grills
Ratings and awards
| 2021 | 92 PK | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 92 SK | |
| 2019 | 93 PK | 91 SK |
| 2018 | 91 SK | |
| 2017 | 93 SK |
PK: ParkerSK: Suckling
Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker and Suckling
Customer reviews
Winemaking
Lézer is an experimental wine for Foradori, Lezér. It came about by accident in 2017 when a frost destroyed 40% of the harvest and Foradori took the opportunity to experiment with different containers and winemaking processes for bunches which could be made use of. The end result was a joyful, lively wine, with a noticeable character of the vintage year and the land. It was so convincing that they carried on making it, and still do today, based on that experimental idea, where the characteristics of each harvest decide the most suitable type of process and container, and also the proportion of stalks to include, with macerations always lasting less than 24 hours: earthenware amphorae, oak and concrete containers.
| Vinification material | Wood / Cement / Earthenware |
|---|---|
| Clarification and filtration | Soft filtering before bottling |
Vineyards
Elisabetta Foradori’s vineyards come under the Demeter biodynamic certification guarantee, but the wine-making focus of this producer goes further and can be better explained by referring to the Triple A movement: defined as being agriculturist, artisan and artist, a definite commitment to indigenous varieties and working the vineyards naturally, without impairing the raw material nor the final product in the winery, and having the creative ability to convey the essence of the land in the wine.
| Vine age | 30 years |
|---|---|
| Soil | Alluvial |
| Surface area | 4.00 hectares |
The winery
Elisabetta Foradori
Joining the Winery founded in 1939 by her grandfather, at nineteen years of age, Elisabetta Foradori is the recognized Lady of Teroldego, the guardian of her territory. She herself, defined herself as such in an excellent interview with the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica", outlining her own story as a winemaker, oenologist, businesswoman and communicator of the territory in which she lives in symbiosis: the magical Piana Rotaliana that produces, thanks to the mineral-rich...
