The 2009 Alto Adige Pinot Noir Krafuss Tenutae Lageder is a wine of enormous beauty and elegance. It is unbelievably silky and pure in the mouth and boasts brilliant varietal tones of small forest fruit, toasted nut, dried violets, mountain herb and cola. There is substance and persistency here, but the wine also shows feminine grace and understated charm. The mouthfeel is the epitome of silkiness.