In the glass
Aroma: white flowers, yellow fruit, peach, apricot
Palate: delicate body, elegant harmony, succulent, fresh acidity
Tiefenbrunner's single-vineyard Mueller-Thurgau from the Penon-Fennberg plateau at 1000 metres (3280 feet) - an Italian single-vineyard wine at approximately 1000 metres altitude. Light straw-yellow with greenish reflexes; intensely aromatic with mineral notes that increase with age. Part of the Vigna selection range since 2017.
What it pairs with
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Pan-seared trout with herbs
The wine's delicate body and fresh acidity match alpine trout while floral notes echo the herbs. -
Asparagus risotto
Light-bodied aromatic white pairs naturally with asparagus; mineral lift balances the dish. -
Schluetzkrapfen with brown butter
Tyrolean ravioli's brown butter meets the wine's elegant body and yellow-fruit register.
History
Tiefenbrunner planted the Feldmarschall vineyard on the high Penon-Fennberg plateau at 1000 metres in the late 1960s and bottled the first Feldmarschall von Fenner in 1971. The wine has become an outstanding example of Italian Mueller-Thurgau over 40-plus years, and since 2017 is part of the cellar's Vigna selection.
- 1971 — First Feldmarschall von Fenner Mueller-Thurgau vintage from the Penon-Fennberg plateau
- 2017 — Feldmarschall promoted to the Vigna selection range
Facts
- Producer
- Tiefenbrunner
- Grapes
- Mueller-Thurgau (100%)
- Classification
- DOC Alto Adige Mueller-Thurgau
- Oak
- Stainless steel fermentation with extended ageing on the fine lees
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 35 to 55 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3 to 15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1971
Frequently asked about Feldmarschall von Fenner Mueller-Thurgau
What does Feldmarschall taste like?
White flowers, yellow fruit, peach and apricot on the nose; delicate body, elegant harmony, succulent fruit and fresh acidity on the palate. With age, mineral notes come to the fore.
When should I drink Feldmarschall?
Drink between 3 and 15 years from vintage. Young vintages show fresh white flowers; cellared bottles develop pronounced mineral and honeyed complexity that few Mueller-Thurgaus achieve.
Why is Feldmarschall important?
Tiefenbrunner's Mueller-Thurgau from 1000 metres on the Penon-Fennberg plateau is an Italian single-vineyard wine at approximately 1000 metres altitude and a 40-plus-year demonstration that Mueller-Thurgau can produce serious cellar-worthy wine.
Where is the Feldmarschall vineyard?
On the high Penon-Fennberg plateau above the Castel Turmhof estate in Entiklar (Cortaccia), at approximately 1000 metres (3280 feet) altitude on heterogeneous glacier moraine soils with porphyry, granite, dolomite and limestone.