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Structure
Drinking window
Best 3 to 10 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs10 yrs12 yrs
Critic scores
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In the glass
Aroma: salty mineral, fruity spice, stone fruit
Palate: complex, structured, long
Kuenhof's Sylvaner from three vineyard locations at 550-750 m in the Valle Isarco: complex and salty with fruity spice, particularly strong taste and a long finish from the mica-slate base.
What it pairs with
- Smoked trout The wine's salty mineral signature meets cold-smoked Alpine trout directly.More wines for trout →
- Schluetzkrapfen Spinach-ricotta half-moon ravioli sing against Sylvaner's mineral lift.
- Pan-fried sweetbreads Delicate offal needs Sylvaner's high acidity and structured spice.More wines for pasta, pizza and risotto →
- Aged Bergkase Crystalline mountain cheese mirrors the wine's salty mineral spine.More wines for aged hard cheese →
With cheese
Graukäse
Our pick Slow Food describes a lean cheese with a bitter note that grows with ripeness, classically dressed with oil, wine vinegar and onion. Sylvaner's high acidity can stand next to the vinegar, and its fruit and mineral savour soften the bitterness.
Toblacher Stangenkäse
Our pick A Valle Isarco Sylvaner is medium-bodied, with high acidity and a mineral edge. Its freshness clears the palate between slices of the mild-sour, 45 percent fat bar cheese without covering its gentle flavour.
History
Kuenhof is a small grower estate in the Valle Isarco run by Peter Pliger, and Sylvaner is its anchor variety. The Kaiton bottling has been produced since the late 1980s.
- 1990Kuenhof emerges as a leading grower-estate in the Valle Isarco
Facts
- Producer
- Kuenhof · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Sylvaner
- Classification
- DOC Alto Adige Valle Isarco
- Oak
- Stainless steel and large wood
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 24-32 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-10 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1990
Frequently asked about Kuenhof Sylvaner
What does Kuenhof Sylvaner taste like?
Complex and salty with fruity spice, a particularly strong taste and a long finish per the producer. The mineral signature comes from quartz-phyllite and mica-slate soils at 550-750 m.
When should I drink Kuenhof Sylvaner?
Drink between 3 and 10 years from vintage. The producer specifies high ageing potential; Kuenhof's Sylvaner is one of the few that genuinely rewards extended cellaring.
Where is Kuenhof Sylvaner grown?
Across three vineyard locations between 550 and 750 m elevation in the Valle Isarco, on roughly 2 hectares of mica-slate and quartz-phyllite soils.
Who runs Kuenhof?
Peter Pliger has run Kuenhof since the late 1980s, building it into a small grower-estate for Valle Isarco whites.
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