Kerner Valle Isarco Alto Adige Sudtirol DOC 2018 magnum - Pacherhof

Kerner by Pacherhof is a South Tyrolean white wine with a sweet and delicately aromatic character, coming from the Bressanone basin area. Kerner is a semi-aromatic white berried genetic hybrid created in Germany in 1929 by crossing the red Schiava Grossa grape and the white Riesling Renano grape variety. Its name is a tribute to the German physician, writer and poet Justinus Kerner, who lived between the 18th and 19th centuries and was a great lover of wine.Pacherhof Kerner is a pure expression of the Kerner white grape variety, grown in Novacella, in the Bressanone basin. The rows, aged between 12 and 26 years, rest on soils of morainic origin rich in mineral rocks such as mica schist, paragneiss and quartzite, located between 600 and 900 meters above sea level. The harvest is done by hand and the bunches are then transferred to the cellar for soft pressing followed by the slow alcoholic fermentation of the must at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks. Once the fermentation process is complete, the wine spends 6 months of aging on its lees partly in large oak barrels and partly in steel.To the eye, the South Tyrolean white wine Kerner Pacherhof expresses a brilliant straw yellow hue with greenish hues. The aromatic vein of the nose is pleasant, defined by fruity and citrus scents of grapefruit, white peach, kiwi and lime which are combined with mineral and delicately herbaceous sensations. In the mouth it is full, intense and of character, with a nice sapidity and decisive freshness that make it easy to drink. A Kerner that reflects the typical South Tyrolean wine, for this reason it can be combined with traditional regional dishes such as dumplings or with local cold cuts and cheeses such as speck and Sextner Amlkase.