Baron Andreas WIDMANN

The winemaker and his wine: no, that's not always true, believe me, because I have seen cases where the personality of the winemaker had nothing at all to do with that of his wines.

Not so with Andreas Widmann, here I see parallels. A man of calm tones, one with sensitive senses, deliberate in his actions and focused in his work, he presses wines that reveal themselves only hesitantly, requiring patience.

But once the wine is in the glass, you bring it to your nose, put the glass down again and give the wine time, then very slowly but continuously a wine comes together that combines everything you could expect from an Alpine wine. Just yesterday, for example, it was Andreas 2020 Cabernet Merlot Staffelfeld, which magically combined spice with dark berry fruit. With pressure, but also structure and a well-proportioned, one could also say athletic body and a wonderful energy, the wine was a great companion to delicious pasta at Bruno Rampinelli's Restaurant Geissmatt, Lucerne. As always, we said to ourselves again yesterday that this wine should be taken out of the cellar much more often.

Oh yes, on Sundays I reach for the big brother of the wine described above, the Auhof, which for me – may the Lageder family forgive me – is the best Cabernet-Merlot in northern Italy.

And if you like a wonderfully aromatic Sauvignon Blanc, then you will love the Widmann.

So, fancy a little South Tyrolean holiday feeling?

Carl J. Studer and his accomplices

PS: You shouldn't give too much weight to the ratings when making your decision, because, as described above, Widmann's wines need time and air to develop, something that is usually not possible at a tasting.