One Variety, Three Harvests
Kerner vines offer special challenges with the harvest
The Köfererhof in Novacella
works with special
vineyards and under special conditions. At an elevation of nearly 800
meters, the climate is somewhat harsher, the temperature differentials
between day and night are greater, and the grapes mature somewhat later
than in the classic grape growing zones. But who says that all that has
to be a disadvantage?
In any case, the Köfererhof in Novacella
(in the community of Varna) is among the oldest winegrowing estates in
the Valle Isarco. The ancients already knew to appreciate the harsh
conditions here around the Novacella monastery. And so do Gaby and Günther Kerschbaumer, who today are responsible for the 5.5 hectare vineyards of the Köfererhof. “With certain work, harsh conditions are in no way negative,”
says Günther Kerschbaumer, “and they even contribute to the creation of
intense, mineral-rich, juicy, and complex white wines.”
As a
passionate winegrower, he certainly knows that, and some 48,000 bottles
of this wine leave the winery at the organically managed Köfererhof year
after year. They are exclusively whites, first and foremost Sylvaner,
Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Müller Thurgau, and Kerner. The harvest of the
latter provides particular challenges, since there is actually not one Kerner harvest, but rather three.
“With the first one, especially fresh wine is made; with the second,
the bulk is harvested, and with the third, a complex, complete wine is
created,” Kerschbaumer says.
So that’s a lot of work under harsh conditions. But who says that all that has to be a disadvantage?
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