2021 Kofererhof Sylvaner Valle Isarco
This Sylvaner from the Italian Alps is perfection. It tastes like orchard fruit and fresh mountain air that makes you want to book a trip. Enjoy with light Asian fare like our Crispy Rice Salad.
Organic farming practices and only 1200 cases produced annually.
- Tasting Notes lemon, orange blossom, peach, quince, green pear, rock salt, mineral-driven, almond skin, fresh herbs
- Variety Sylvaner
- Region No categories
- Volume 750ml
- Alcohol Volume 13.5%
- Table Talk Sylvaner is an Austrian and German grape; This region is northern Italy that actually used to be part of Austria until the end of WWI.
$35.00
“Weingut Köfererhof is one of Italy’s smallest and best white wine producers. Just about any grape variety owner Günther Kerschbaumer touches turns to gold. Over the years, he has fashioned remarkably delicious and age worthy wines from the likes of Sylvaner, Riesling, Kerner, Müller-Thurgau and other varieties”—Ian d’Agata, Vinous
Acquired and managed by the Kerschbaumer family since 1940, the Köfererhof estate has existed in southern Tyrol – a region that is more Austrian in spirit than it is Italian – for over 850 years. In 1995, the winery started to bottle its own wines after having sold its fruit for years. Köfererhof’s few hectares of vines are located at the base of the Dolomite mountains between 700 and 800 meters above sea level. At this high altitude, the variation in temperatures from day to night is ideal, and the carefully tended, high-density vineyards yield intensely fragrant, concentrated and well-balanced wines. All grapes are harvested by hand, and attention to detail is paramount in this limited production winery. Farming practices are currently low environmental impact but tend toward organic. Indigenous yeasts are used, except in the rare instance of a particularly challenging vintage. All wines are fermented and aged in temperature-controlled tanks with the exception of the Pinot Grigio and Sylvaner ‘R’, which is partially aged in large casks of Acacia wood. Total production for the estate is only around 3,500 cases of wine per year! The quality of these wines raises the bar for all whites from Alto Adige.
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