Azienda Pojer e Sandri was founded in 1975 by the encounter of the young Fiorentino Sandri and Mario Pojer. The first had already inherited more or less 2 hectares of vineyards, the second had already graduated as oenologist at the prestigious school of oenology of San Michele all’Adige.
This happy union was made possible by the common will to produce highly valuable wine from the vineyards located between the Adige Valley and the Cembra Valley, precisely in the Faedo hill that, as many people say, had a limited vocation to vines.
The first wine produced was an extraordinary Palai Müller Turgau 75 of exceptional fragrance and fineness, followed by a Chardonnay and a native variety like Nosiola.
On the basis of an immediate success, the Company grows thanks to the purchasing of new soils and now has a surface grown with vines of 26 hectares, spread on 6 different municipalities: S. Michele and Faedo, more 4 municipalities of the Cembra Valley. The vineyards, located in the hill of S. Michele/Faedo, on a silty/calcareous soil with an altitude ranging from 250 to 750 meters above sea level, are involved in the cultivation of red grapes on the lowest part and white grape varieties at heights. The Cabernet variety, with Merlot and Legrein, form our Rosso Faye, the Top Wine of the Company.
Climbing the hill we meet progressively Nosiola, Traminer, Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, to find, at an altitude of 700 m, in the Palai locality, the cultivation of Müller Thurgau.
Always at heights, we cultivate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with the precise aim to produce bubbles with the classic method in Extra Brut and Rosé Brut versions.
The old plants, 25/30 years old, allow us to aim high, from them Bianco Faye and Pinot Noir Rodel–Pianezzi are made. Fermentation and aging in mature wood.
In the Cembra Valley, in Valbona locality, in Maso Besleri, on very deep soils of volcanic origin (the famous porphyry) we have established a more developed concept, different from varietal wine: a cuvée of 5 white varieties for Besler Biank and 5 red grapes for Besler Ross, vinified in wood, plants of an age ranging from 3 to 20 years. For Biank, in particular, we use 60% acacia wood.
From the beginning, the Winery has been flanked by the Distillery, which was one of the firts to prduce, in Trentino, a single–variety Grappa. In 1982 the plant of the Distillery was replaced with a water bath distiller (Zadra model), ideal for a distillation of high quality, subsequently renewed in 1993.
Regarding distillates, the production includes Grappa, fruit acquavite and brandy. Those are all products that stem rigorously from locally sourced raw materials, mainly produced in the winery, such a vinasse, quince, black currant, elderberry, rowan, wine, and for the remaining fruits micro–zones of production where quality and aromatic characters are the best were identified.
The Brandy project started in 1986, after some study trips in France, in particular in the areas of Cognac and Armagnac. For the first time grapes are vinified, with the aim to produce a base wine to distillate and the choice is oriented on two local varieties: Schiava of the highest zones of the Faedo hill and Lagarino of high Cembra Valley. The project is ambitious and, of course, costly, given the maturation of distilled wine for ten years in barriques, but years pass quickly and quality grows year by year.
Then, in 1997, the first Divino acquavite, 1986 harvest, was launched on the market.
The most recent: MERLINO, obtained combining a partially fermented Lagrein must of 4/5 alcohol degrees with our brandy aged 15 years. An unexpected success: finally, an Italian wine to pair with chocolate!
