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Structure
Drinking window
Best 3 to 10 years from vintage.
vintage3 yrs10 yrs12 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
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
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Smoked trout
The wine's salty mineral signature meets cold-smoked Alpine trout directly. -
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. -
Aged Bergkase
Crystalline mountain cheese mirrors the wine's salty mineral spine.
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.
- 1990: Kuenhof 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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