Lagrein
Lagrein is the native red grape variety of Alto Adige, an area now generally suited to international grapes. Its name apparently derives from the toponym Vallagarina, and the grape has been present in the area since the Middle Ages. In the Bolzano plain, towards Gries and its famous abbey, it has been exalted by monks since the seventeenth century as the best red wine of that time. Late in ripening, lagrein gives a deep ruby red wine, with fruity scents, notes of violets and vegetal echoes, aromatic, balsamic and spicy herbs, which are enriched with ageing. In fact, in addition to the fresh and fragrant only steel version, lagrein has been discovered to be a good wine for ageing in wood. Dry and sapid, with tannins that are never aggressive, it has an elegant structure, and is also well expressed in rosé wine (called kretzer).
![Muri-Gries Lagrein Kretzer 2023](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/kretz23_anv800.png)
![Andriano Lagrein Rubeno 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/ruben20_anv800.png)
![Tramin Lagrein 2023](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/trgre23_anv800.png)
![Muri-Gries Lagrein Riserva Abtei Muri 2021](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/abtei21_anv800.png)
![Erste+Neue Lagrein 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/enlag20_anv800.png)
![Elena Walch Lagrein 2022](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/ewlag22_anv800.png)
![Dorigati Trentino Lagrein Kretzer 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/dokre19_anv800.png)
![Girlan Lagrein 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/gilag20_anv800.png)
![Terlano Lagrein 2022](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/telag22_anv800.png)
![Hofstatter Lagrein Steinraffler 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/stein17_anv800.png)
![Terlano Lagrein Porphyr 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/porph20_anv800.png)
![Lona Ester Lagrein 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/loesl17_anv800.png)
![Cantina Bolzano Lagrein Riserva Prestige 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/bollp17_anv800.png)
Cantina Bolzano Lagrein Riserva Prestige 2017
![Glassierhof Lagrein Riserva Glassier 2014](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/glala14_anv800.png)
![Nals Margreid Lagrein Rosé 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/nalrs19_anv800.png)
![Lageder Lagrein Rosé 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/lagro20_anv800.png)
![Franz Haas Lagrein 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/halag20_anv800.png)
![Hofstatter Lagrein 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/hofla19_anv800.png)
![Muri-Gries Lagrein Weingarten Klosteranger 2014](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/wklos14_anv800.png)
![Klaus Lentsch Lagrein Riserva Amperg 2018](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/kllag18_anv800.png)
![San Michele Appiano Lagrein 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/eplag19_anv800.png)
![Tramin Lagrein Rosé 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/trlar19_anv800.png)
![Tiefenbrunner Lagrein Turmhof 2021](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/tilat21_anv800.png)
![San Michele Appiano Lagrein Ris. St. Valentin 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/svlag16_anv800.png)
![Colterenzio Lagrein Riserva Mantsch 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/ctman17_anv800.png)
![Carlotto Lagrein Riserva Ora 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/dioor16_anv800.png)
![Endrizzi Lagrein 2019](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/enla19_anv800.png)
![Sandri Trentino Lagrein Riserva Capòr 2016](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/capor16_anv800.png)
![Cesconi Lagrein Pletter 2015](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/plett15_anv800.png)
![Colterenzio Lagrein 2020](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/ctlgr20_anv800.png)
![Pojer e Sandri Merlino (0.5 L)](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/0793m_anv800.png)
![Laimburg Lagrein 2013](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/laila13_anv800.png)
![Nals Margreid Lagrein Aus Gries 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/nalla17_anv800.png)
![Abbazia di Novacella Lagrein Ris. Præpositus 2015](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/novlp15_anv800.png)
Abbazia di Novacella Lagrein Ris. Præpositus 2015
![Terlano Lagrein Rosé 2017](https://cdn.vinissimus.com/img/unsafe/p194x/plain/local:///prfmtgrande/vi/terlr17_anv800.png)
Lagrein
Lagrein is the native red grape variety of Alto Adige, an area now generally suited to international grapes. Its name apparently derives from the toponym Vallagarina, and the grape has been present in the area since the Middle Ages. In the Bolzano plain, towards Gries and its famous abbey, it has been exalted by monks since the seventeenth century as the best red wine of that time. Late in ripening, lagrein gives a deep ruby red wine, with fruity scents, notes of violets and vegetal echoes, aromatic, balsamic and spicy herbs, which are enriched with ageing. In fact, in addition to the fresh and fragrant only steel version, lagrein has been discovered to be a good wine for ageing in wood. Dry and sapid, with tannins that are never aggressive, it has an elegant structure, and is also well expressed in rosé wine (called kretzer).