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The Cantina Andrian winery is located in the Adige Valley (Province of Bolzano) between Bolzano and Merano in the Italian wine-growing area of South Tyrol ( Trentino-Alto Adige region). It was founded in 1893 as the first winery cooperative in South Tyrol. Since 2008, the Cantina Andrian has been part of the Terlan W inery. Even though grape reception and vinification have been carried out in Terlan since 2009, this is still done strictly separately due to historical reasons. The wines of the Andrian Winery are consciously and consistently vinified in their own style and marketed under their own name. Georg Eyrl is the managing director and Rudi Kofler the cellar master. The company motto is "tradition through movement".
The vineyards stretch over gentle hills at 250 to 380 metres above sea level and lie on a fan-shaped scree of dolomite and limestone. The members' vineyards cover 80 hectares of vines. The white wine varieties Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Müller-Thurgau and Gewürztraminer, as well as the red wine varieties Pinot Noir, Lagrein, Merlot and Vernatsch are processed. White wines account for two thirds of Andriano's production. The focus is on Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, because the chalky sites are predestined for them. The red wines are concentrated on three grape varieties with a long tradition at the Andrian Winery. These are Pinot Noir, Merlot and Lagrein. The latter variety was decisively shaped in the mid-1980s.
The wines are vinified with the aim of expressing the special terroir. Depending on the type of wine, they are matured in stainless steel tanks in traditional large wooden bar rels or in barriques. The product range includes many white, rosé and red DOC South Tyrolean wines. The selection wines are made from selected, late-harvest and hanged physiologically ripe grapes from the older Andrian vineyards with a minimum age of 15 years and extremely low yields (around 42 hl/Ha). Premium wines are the red wines "Lagrein Tor di Lupo" (Lagrein), "Merlot Riserva Gant" and the white wine "Doran Chardonnay Riserva". Around 400,000 bottles of wine are produced annually.