About this wine

Vineyard and terroir

The Gewürztraminer comes from hillside vineyards above the Turmhof estate in Niclara and Cortaccia. The 2021 technical sheet describes chalk-gravel moraine soil. The vineyard overview additionally identifies Penon, Hofstatt and Rain, with east-facing sites at 400–650 m on calcareous, sandy dolomite soils, and Entiklar and Margreider Leiten, with south-facing sites at 220–350 m on calcareous gravel soils derived from moraine deposits. The page separately gives an overall vineyard altitude of 320–450 m.

The vines are trained to Guyot, planted at densities of up to 6,000 vines per hectare, and are 15–20 years old. Plantings date from 1995 onward. Yield is 40 hl/ha.

Grapes

100% Gewürztraminer.

Vinification

Harvest takes place in November, once noble rot caused by Botrytis cinerea has perforated the ripe berries and naturally concentrated the components of the juice. Fermentation lasts two months in stainless steel.

Ageing

The wine matures for one year in small stainless-steel tanks. After bottling, it receives a further two years of bottle maturation.

Technical data

The 2021 vintage has 10.5% alcohol, 5.6 g/L acidity and 96.0 g/L residual sugar. It is offered in a 0.75 L bottle. The first vintage was 2015.

Tasting profile

Intense golden yellow in colour. The bouquet combines rose petals, dried fruit and citrus, followed by a gentle honeyed note. The palate is powerful and structured, balancing pronounced residual sweetness with finely integrated acidity. Juiciness and complexity lead into a rounded, harmonious and persistent finish.