Nine Hundred Years of Experience in the Bottle
The Novacella Monastery Winery is one of the oldest in the world
A winery has existed in Novacella
since 1142, and thus
the monastery winery is one of the oldest active wineries in the world.
In addition, it is one of the most important in the Valle Isarco and the representative of an outstanding white wine area.
Within that context, the assortment on offer by the monastery winery is in fact primarily white but not exclusively so.
“Some
70 percent of our production is white wines: Sylvaner, Müller Thurgau,
Kerner, and Riesling that grow from the Bressanone valley basin up to
900 meters,” says winemaker Celestino Lucin. The care
and prudence that he practices hold true not just in the winery, but
through a large number of additional circles. Thus the winegrowers work
their vineyards in a sustainable manner, and the entire winery works in a CO2-neutral way.
Even
if the Novacella Monastery Winery is renowned above all else for its
white wines, the red varieties do indeed also play a role. They make up
30 percent of the production, whereby the grapes do indeed grow in
vineyards belonging to the monastery, but not in and around Bressanone.
“The climate would be too harsh for them,” Lucin is convinced. His
Schiava, Pinot Noir, and Red Muscat thus have their origins in Bolzano
and Cornaiano.
But it doesn’t matter whether it is red or white: the calling card of the monastery winery has been and remains the Praepositus line.
And because that is the case, it is at the same time also an homage to
the leader. Praepositus is the Latin word for the provost, and thus
the abbot of the monastery.
Тел. +39 0472 836189
info@abbazianovacella.it
www.kloster-neustift.it
Wine Varieties
Гевюрцтраминер / Gewürztraminer
Вельтлинер / Veltliner
Кернер / Kerner
Лаграйн / Lagrein
Мюллер тургау / Müller Thurgau
Пино гриджо / Pinot Grigio
Рислинг / Riesling
Красный мускат / Moscato Rosa
Совиньон блан / Sauvignon Blanc
Сильванер / Sylvaner
Вельтлинер
Скьява (вернач) / Schiava (Vernatsch)
Wine shop
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 7pm
Guided tours
Tuesday and Thursday at 16.00 (from the end of April to mid-October)
Saturday at 10.00 am (all year round)
Restaurant opening hours
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 7pm
- Abbazia Novacella USA
- Vintners Inc.
- Classica Wines