Kuen Hof – Riesling Kaiton – 2019

The kuenhof company located in Bressanone in South Tyrol has always produced wines, and has been owned by the Pliger family for 200 years. It is a very small reality of only 6 hectares of vineyards between 500 – 700 meters high, where aromatic white grape varieties are the masters, in fact only Riesling, Sylvaner, Veltliner and Gewurztraminer are produced in very few quantities. They are one of the best discoveries in South Tyrol, let’s say a gem! Until the 1980s they gave grapes to the Abbazia di Novacella cooperative, but since 1990 they have released their own label with less than 2000 bottles. Peter Pliger’s style is very clear: to personally take care of each plant in the most natural way possible, also following an organic philosophy in the cellar. The wines are super clean and very territorial, aromatic with a great acidity and flavor !!
Their Riesling Kaiton fully represents the style of this grape! It makes a slight aging in large oak barrels, but it is a very pleasant wine, with aromatic notes and hydrocarbon notes on the nose, in the mouth it plays on flavor and minerality despite the aging in cask. Great drinkability !!

• Producer: Kuenhof
• Name: Riesling Kaiton
• Grape Variety: 100% Riesling
• Vintage: 2019
• Alcohol Content: 12%
• Bottle Size: 750ml
• Production: 6000 bottles

Productive Notes: Fermentation in steel tanks. Aging in large oak barrels for a few months.