{"product_id":"elena-walch-beyond-the-clouds-2023-750ml","title":"Elena Walch - Beyond the Clouds 2023 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eElena Walch is a five-generation family estate in Alto Adige, a leading force in the region’s wine quality revolution with a strong international reputation. The estate focuses on terroir-driven wines that reflect their unique soils, climate, and vineyard practices, all guided by sustainability. With 90 hectares under vine—including the top sites VIGNA Castel Ringberg in Caldaro and VIGNA Kastelaz in Tramin— Elena Walch is a key figure in Alto Adige winemaking. WINE Produced since 2000, Alto Adige‘s first white, based on Chardonnay, is a parcel selection of the highest quality grapes from different grape varieties, fermented and matured together in wood. The different levels of maturity of the grape varieties and a selection that is already created in the vineyard are reflected in the untamed character of the cuvée.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVINTAGE NOTES The The 2023 vintage combined a challenging growing season—alternating warm and cool periods with some rain—with an excellent harvest. After warm June and July conditions and higher rainfall in early August, extended sunshine supported long, even ripening. Harvest began in early September under ideal weather, with warm days and cool nights delivering ripe fruit with balanced acidity and strong structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWINEMAKING The various grape varieties get picked as soon as the Chardonnay reaches optimum maturity. All varieties get crushed and pressed together after which they also ferment together in new French oak barriques. Part of the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation, after which it is matured for another 10 months in barrique with lees being regularly stirred up. The finished wine is bottle aged for at least 6 months before being released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTASTING NOTES Brilliant, intensive yellow is the color of our white blend Beyond the Clouds. In the nose, a complex, beguiling play of aromas unfurls with fruity nuances of exotic fruits such as pineapple, notes of blossoms and flowers, of rose petals and light toast aromas. Dense and complex, the wine enthuses on the palate: with fullness and structure, creamily soft and elegant, stimulatingly fresh and juicy with a discreetly incorporated, modest note of wood and a long reverberation of taste.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elena Walch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53283168813280,"sku":"132012","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/elena-walch-alto-adige-beyond-the-clouds_1.jpg?v=1783027287","url":"https:\/\/yianniswinery.com\/products\/elena-walch-beyond-the-clouds-2023-750ml","provider":"Yiannis Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}