Winemaker Notes
Light golden yellow color with evident greenish reflections. Ripe peach, dried apricot, orange peel, ginger and elderflower. Juicy and powerful with delicate sweet and fruity notes on the finish.
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Peach, floral and apricot nose with some herbaceous notes of cut grass and blackcurrant leaves. Good concentration on the palate, with really crisp, clean and punchy ripe peach, passionfruit and cantaloupe flavours, alongside. refreshing acidity. Superb length, too. A very well made and very pleasing wine, showcasing a little-known grape.
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Vinous
The 2020 Kerner Praepositus opens with a sweetly scented bouquet as a dusting of confectionery spice gives way to crushed apples and pears. Its textures are like pure silk, yet this is not weighty; vibrant acidity and minerals add tension and white pit fruits settle upon the senses. This leaves a staining of green-citrus and salty sensations while tapering off incredibly long and lightly-structured. This is terrific.
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James Suckling
With its bright blackcurrant, kiwi and passion-fruit character, this could easily be mistaken for a sauvignon blanc! However, on the palate the wine is too creamy and restrained for that, with a very satisfying balance of ripe fruit and elegant acidity, a touch of minerality beautifully underlining this at the long, polished finish.
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Wine & Spirits
Slatey mineral notes underline this wine’s flavors of white peach and tart lime. The wine’s initially lean profile fleshes out with time in the glass to take on riper stonefruit flavors and warm spice accents that lend depth and dimension.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
A mountainous northern Italian region heavily influenced by German culture, Trentino-Alto Adige is actually made up of two separate but similar regions: Alto Adige and Trentino.
Trentino, the southern half, is primarily Italian-speaking and largely responsible for the production of non-native, international grapes. There is a significant quantity of Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio and Merlot produced. But Trentino's native and most unique red variety, Teroldego, while still rare, is gaining popularity. It produces a deeply colored red wine rich in wild blackberry, herb, coffee and cocoa.
The rugged terrain of German-speaking Alto Adige (also referred to as Südtirol) focuses on small-scale viticulture, with great value placed on local varieties—though international varieties have been widely planted since the 1800s. Sheltered by the Alps from harsh northerly winds, many of the best vineyards are at extreme altitude but on steep slopes to increase sunlight exposure.
Dominant red varieties include the bold, herbaceous Lagrein and delicate, strawberry-kissed, Schiava, in addition to some Pinot Nero.
The primary white grapes are Pinot grigio, Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay and Pinot blanc, as well as smaller plantings of Sauvignon blanc, Müller Thurgau. These tend to be bright and refreshing with crisp acidity and just the right amount of texture. Some of the highest quality Pinot grigio in Italy is made here.