Riesling Trocken Dr. Fisher

The history of wine cellars is often the story of a family and of its ability to enhance tradition and innovation, in a union that wins the test of time. And so it was that in Termeno in the Alto Adige region in the inn “Swarzer Adler” (Black Eagle) of Maria Hofstӓtter, an ancient imperial-royal postal station of the sixteenth century where his husband Josef originally produced his wine, his great-grandson Martin Foradori Hofstӓtter founded the current winery which from the 1990s to the present owes its great success to his intuitions. The heritage of knowledge of an ancient family of winemakers, the excellent vineyards on the eastern side of Alto Adige, the respect for traditions combined with the virtuous use of technology, are the keystone that has enabled this winery to produce excellent wines in perfect alto-atesino style. Among the priceless insights of Martin Foradori Hofstatter, the construction in 1997 of the avant-garde “tower of wine” entirely made of wood that responded to the need to expand the cellar space in height rather than in extension, in a very limited area. Or the revolutionary conical shaped concrete barrels with low energy impact for the fermentation of grapes, installed in 2013 and an absolute novelty for Alto Adige.

The history of Riesling in the Hofstӓtter family belongs to the past and to the childhood of Martin Foradori Hofstӓtter, when a small part was produced which was not up to the Alsatian and Austrian wines, and for this reason it was abandoned. But the aspiration to produce it remained  strong, so as soon as in 2014 Martin Foradori had the opportunity to join a winaery in one of the historical estates of the Mosell area called Weingut Dr. Fischer – Bocksteinhof in the village of Ockfen, home of Riesling in Germany, the result was a wine of notable charm, dry, with a marked acidity but always balanced, able to tell as few others the earth from which it comes.

Region: Trentino-Alto Adige

Year: 2023

Alcohol content: 12%

Volume: 75 cl.

Winery: Hofstätter

Grape: Riesling

Name: Riesling Trocken

Pairing: Seafood appetizers, seafood, fresh cheeses, white meats, grilled fish.