“Vigna Pirchschrait” Konrad Oberhofer Gewürztraminer Alto Adige DOC 2010 · 0,75l in OWC

Tenuta J. Hofstätter | South Tyrol

01041310 · 0,75 l · 145,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available

In the 1930s, Konrad Oberhofer was one of the first in South Tyrol to begin vinifying wine separately from a single, precisely defined parcel. No cuvée, no blending of different vineyards – just this one patch of earth, its vines, its character. An idea that hardly anyone understood at the time and which Paolo Foradori, Oberhofer's son-in-law, later elevated to a philosophy for the entire Hofstätter estate decades later. Pirchschrait – a historic part of the Kolbenhof farm in Söll – has been his monument ever since. What distinguishes the Pirchschrait from all other plots of the Kolbenhof is its tranquillity. Exposed to the east-west to north-east, with a slope angle of 35 per cent, it receives the least amount of sunlight of all the Kolbenhof terraces. While the other sites soak up the Mediterranean light, this one retains a cool precision – and that rarely found combination of long, even ripeness and exceptional ageing potential that only shady sites can offer. The soil is a geological sediment from three eras: glacial dolomite, volcanic porphyry and sandstone all in one.

The Pirchschrait has only been vinified separately since 2006. What follows is the most unusual thing in the Hofstätter cooperage: ten years of fine ageing in Liters steel barrels. No wood, no oxidation, no rush. The steel preserves the purity of the terroir, while the yeast gives depth, density and an aromatic spectrum that is otherwise unknown during ten years of autolysis. The 2010 was harvested in an exceptionally balanced year. It rested for ten years. In 2026 it will be 16 years old – and it still has plenty of time. Dense, rich golden yellow colour. Toasted bread, medlars, blossom honey, dried fruit and an intense, almost stony minerality on the nose – tertiary flavours that layer slowly. The palate is dense and of a rare texture, with a slight residual sweetness of ripe fruit, lively freshness and an endlessly long, mineral final. A Gewürztraminer that will change all perceptions of this grape variety. SUPERIORE.DE