Girlan is the Alto Adige co-operative we have long championed for delivering serious quality at a very modest price. Founded in 1923, it's now run by cellarmaster Gerhard Kofler alongside Oscar Lorandi, working with around 200 grower families farming roughly 215 hectares—most holdings under a single hectare—with growers rewarded on quality rather than volume. The majority of the vineyards sit between 400 and 600 metres on limestone, granite, sandstone and clay in the German-speaking Südtirol, right up against the Austrian and Swiss borders. Stylistically it's all aromatic, textural whites and fragrant, crunchy reds with mineral freshness running through the range.