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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: smoky note, exotic fruit, mineral
Palate: pronounced minerality, structured
Old-vine Sylvaner from vines over 40 years old in the upper Valle Isarco: a smoky note paired with scents of exotic fruits and pronounced minerality from eight months of oak vinification.
What it pairs with
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Smoked trout
The wine's smoky note finds its match in cold-smoked Alpine trout. -
Mushroom risotto
Forest mushroom umami threads through the cuvee's minerality. -
Lobster bisque
The structured oak gives the wine the weight to handle a buttery shellfish soup. -
Aged Sennakaese
Hard alpine cow's-milk cheese mirrors the wine's mineral spine.
History
The Alte Reben Sylvaner is drawn from Pacherhof's oldest plots, vines over 40 years old planted on mica slate and paragneiss. Eight months in oak builds the cuvee's smoky, structured profile.
- 2009: Sylvaner Alte Reben established as the cellar's flagship Sylvaner
Facts
- Producer
- Pacherhof · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Sylvaner
- Classification
- DOC Alto Adige Valle Isarco
- Oak
- Vinification in oak barrels for eight months
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 22-30 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-10 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2009
Frequently asked about Sylvaner Alte Reben
What does Pacherhof Sylvaner Alte Reben taste like?
A smoky note paired with scents of exotic fruits and pronounced minerality. The palate is structured with high acidity from old vines on mica slate and paragneiss soils.
When should I drink Pacherhof Sylvaner Alte Reben?
Drink between 3 and 10 years from vintage. Eight months in oak and old-vine concentration give the wine middle-to-long ageing capacity.
What grapes are in Pacherhof Sylvaner Alte Reben?
100% Sylvaner from vines over 40 years old in the upper Valle Isarco.
How is Pacherhof Sylvaner Alte Reben aged?
Vinification in oak barrels for eight months. Old-vine concentration plus oak vinification distinguish it from the cellar's stainless-raised standard Sylvaner.
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