Wineries / Trentino-Alto Adige
Cantina Tramin is a cooperative in Termeno, in Trentino-Alto Adige. Christian Schrott, the parish priest of Termeno and a member of the Austrian Parliament, started it in 1898 as a small project with a few families. In 1971 it merged with the Cantina Sociale di Egna, which had been founded in 1893. Today member families work about 270 hectares of vineyards, and the cellar bottles about 1.9 million bottles a year. Stefan Dissertori is the oenologist.
Termeno is the homeland of the Gewürztraminer grape, and that's the wine Tramin is known for. Nussbaumer is its top dry Gewürztraminer. Terminum is a late-harvest sweet wine made with noble rot. Epokale Gewürztraminer was the first Italian white to receive 100 Parker points from Wine Advocate.
The range also includes Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Nero, Lagrein, Cabernet and Merlot. Troy, an Alpine Chardonnay, is the newest addition. About 70% of production is sold in Italy and 30% abroad.
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I haven't reviewed a wine from Cantina Tramin yet. They're on my Top 100 list, which is built from awards.