{"title":"Hartmann Dona","description":"\u003cp\u003eHartmann Donà is a stern-looking man with a fascination for the variety bordering on insanity. Donà knows Schiava inside out. He is a descendant of a family with a long history of growing this local variety. His uncle Hartmut Spitaler, cellarmaster at the co-op of Girlan for years, was convinced of Schiava's quality and stubbornly kept on making it in a serious fashion, with prolonged fermentation on the skins and aging for several years in large oak casks before commercial release. He resisted the pressure to pull out Schiava and replant it with the more profitable Pinot Grigio. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHartmann studied at Geisenheim and did an internship under Spitaler in 1985, but didn't want to step into his uncle's shoes: “Watching Spitaler, it was just too much grapes and too much responsibility. But I learned a lot from him. He used to say that Schiava is Pinot Noir's sister.” Hartmann was also inspired by legendary oenologist Giorgio Crai. For many years he was the lonely voice extolling the virtues of schiava, reminding his colleagues that a century before, Schiava was considered the equal of Pinot Noir; elegant, deep, long and spicy. This historic, radically different image from that of Schiava today, is the inspiration behind the Schiavas of Donà. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHartmann’s family vineyards are in Cornaiana, near the largest city of southern Tyrol, Bolzano. He produces wine from almost all of the local varieties but the focus is clearly on Schiava. He makes three separate cuvees from the different soil types in his as well as a Schiava blend, all made identically. This way the wines will display the difference in terroir in as clear a manner as possible. They are supremely elegant examples of this underrated variety.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/hartmann-dona.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}