Sauvignon Blanc Praesulis

Wines

Sauvignon with an Alpine soul. On steep, stony terraces beneath the ancient castle of Presule — the “Praesulis” that crowns Gumphof’s finest wines — Markus Prackwieser pushes this expressive grape to thrilling heights: gooseberry, white peach, and elderflower charged with cut Alpine herbs, flint, and cold mountain stone. Taut, concentrated, and vibrating with Dolomite energy, it drives to a long, saline, electrifying finish. One of Italy’s benchmark Sauvignons.

Appellation: Südtirol DOC

Type: White, dry

Varietal: 100% Sauvignon (Sauvignon Blanc)

Wine Details:

Tasting Notes:

Color: Star-bright sunny straw with light green glints.

Bouquet: An intense, precise nose of gooseberry, white peach, and elderflower over cut Alpine herbs, flint, and crushed stone.

Palate: The palate is taut and concentrated — racy acidity, layered orchard and citrus fruit, and a deep saline minerality powering a long, electric finish.

Alcohol: 13.5%.

Total Acid: 6.5 g/l.

Residual Sugar: 0.8 g/l.

Serving Temperature: Chilled 8-10° C (46-50° F)

Pairing: Fresh trout and lake fish, shellfish, asparagus, goat cheese, herb-driven dishes, sushi.

Vinyard Notes:

Location: South edge of the Eisacktal (Isarco Valley) at the foot of the Sciliar massif.

Altitude: 450–550 meters (1,475-1,800 feet) a.s.l.

Soil: Calcareous moraines on solid quartz porphyry.

Slope: 50–70%

Training: Pergola and trellis

Density: 4,500–7,500 vines/ha.

Yield: 55 hl/ha

Winemaking Notes:

Harvest: Mid-September.

Vinification: A short maceration then gentle pressing followed by fermentation in stainless steel tanks (2/3s) and large tonneau (1/3).

Aging: maturation on the fine lees in steel tanks and 1/3 in wooden casks (tonneau) for 11 months.