Abbazia di Novacella Kerner White Wine Italy 75cl

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Abbazia di Novacella Kerner is a medium-bodied, dry example of the aromatic Kerner grape, with peach, apricot, almond and tangerine notes.

High in mountainous Alto Adige, the Abbazia di Novacella monastery has been making wine since the 1100s and is one of the finest wineries of northern Italy. 25% of the winery's production is Kerner, a cross of Schiava and Riesling that is widely planted in the monastery's Isarco Valley home.

Located at the entrance to the Dolomites, high in the Isarco Valley near Italy’s border with Austria, the Augustinian monastery Abbazia di Novacella was founded in 1142, making it one of the world’s oldest active wineries, with papal documents from 1177 recording the abbey’s ownership of vineyards.

Today it is still a functioning monastery with a focus on adding the local community by growing a wide range of crops, including vineyards on high altitude terraces clinging to the valley walls. It is also one of the finest wineries in the quality-focused Alto Adige region, regularly receiving the top Tre Bicchieri (3 glasses) award from the most influential Italian wine guide, the Gambero Rosso.

The wines are sourced from a combination of their own 21 hectares of organically-farmed vineyards alongside 50 or so small growers, reflecting the tradition of a region where the co-operative model holds sway. This allows them to producer a wide range of wines from their modern cellars which straddle both the Germanic varieties found around the Abbey in the Isarco Valley, and the Italian varieties from growers further south around Bolzano.

The high altitude (up to 750 metres) and resulting luminescence, cool nights and long growing season can lend the wines from Alto Adige a clarity and precision unmatched elsewhere in Italy, which isn’t to say the wines are delicate – the long growing season, largely granite soils and miniscule yields per vine ensures there is no shortage of concentration, especially from this winery.

Searching for a grape variety which is resistant to the frost and brings high yields, in 1929 Kerner was bred by crossing Schiava and Riesling and is today widely planted in the Isarco Valley, forming 25% of this winery's production. This is vinified and aged in stainless steel tank to preserve freshness and aroma. Peaches, apricots, and notes of almond and tangerine on the nose. Very lively, juicy, and sleek on the palate, with a mineral-rich finish. Drink with lighter fish dishes and fantastic with Thai and Vietnamese food.

More Information
Brand Abbazia di Novacella
Country of Origin Italy
Region Alto Adige
Style White
Wine Colour White
Grape Variety Kerner
Main Grape Kerner
Vintage 2022
% Alcohol 14
Bottle Size 75CL
Flavour Floral & Aromatic
Body Light
Pack Format 75CL
Fine No
Rare No

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