This was a warm vintage that most certainly left its mark on the delicate Pinot Noir grape. The 2015 Alto Adige Pinot Noir Riserva Trattmann offers an unusual yet highly attractive and interesting bouquet in which the dark berry fruit is framed by light touches of smoke, tar and asphalt. The wine delivers a deep and more succulent sense of ripeness at its core. The alcohol is recorded at 14.5%, and you do indeed taste it. This wine ages in barrique for 12 months before going into botte grande to continue its evolution for an additional eight months. Fruit comes from the prized Mazzon subzone, and a small percentage is sourced from Pinzon, not far from Mazzon but with slightly warmer average temperatures. Some 30,000 bottles were made.