| Producer | Abbazia di Novacella |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Alto Adige |
| Varietal | Kerner |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 02925 |
| Size | 750ml |
| ABV | 14.00% |
The Kerner grape was created in 1929 as a cross between Riesling and Trollinger (Schiava) by a German researcher attempting to strengthen Riesling’s resistance to late spring frosts. A bit of a failure in Germany, it reached Italy’s mountainous Alto Adige region in the 1970s to be planted in high-altitude sites where frost regularly damaged Sylvaner, Muller-Thurgau, and other white grapes. Largely due to the success at this monestary with 850 years of winegrowing experience, Alto Adige Kerner earned its own DOC designation in 1993.
Kerner Praepositus is from fruit growing a nearly a half-mile altitude on 25-40% gradient sloped vineyards running up the western edge of the Dolomites. The wine serves up bold and heady aromas of peach, orange zest, green apple, ginger, and smoked herb. On the palate, it starts broad and fleshy with deep apricot, citrus, and apple fruit with just a hint of raspberry framed by zingy notes of tangerine zest, ginger, and a hint of spearmint. Then, as the flavors completely fan out, WHAM comes a burst of crushed salty and smoked stone that propels the stone fruit, ginger and mint flavors through a long finish you'll still be tasting a minute or more later. A beautiful wine to drink now – 2028 or so.
"This wine knows no boundaries. It is at once immediately delicious, exciting and interesting but also is still holding back, daring you to see what some age will do. Today, the wine is a cornucopia of Meyer lemon, nectarine, alpine flowers, fresh grass and pine, all brought together by a minerality that won't let you forget it. The palate is rich with fresh and baked peaches, kissed with sweet spices and lemongrass. Citrus oils and wet gravel add to the wine on the bright and vibrant finish. Drink now–2033."
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