Niklas, Kerner, Südtirol, Alto Adige, Italy 2024

100% Kerner

Dieter Sölva is a young winemaker from the tiny village of St. Nikolaus in the Alto Adige, high up on the west side of a majestic valley that leads north through the Dolomites. Dieter is a graduate of the famous enology school at San Michele, as was his father before him.

Kerner is a hybrid grape, bred in Germany from Trollinger (Schiava Grossa) and Riesling, and quite close to Riesling in flavor. Dieter's father, a well-known viticultural consultant in the Alto Adige, brought the variety from Germany in the 1970s. Thus, the Niklas family vines are the oldest Kerner vines in the region. Dieter's bottlings are vivid, minerally, and show a distinctive herbal quality.