Wanting to make an appraisal on the last ten years, I can say that the peculiar character of the vineyards and the local varieties is reflected in our wines.
At the Hofstätter estate, the most known varieties of South Tyrol are grown. In effect, with no doubt, we have the privilege of giving our name to vineyards located on both sides of the river Adige.
And the work in the vineyards leads me continually to new challenges: decades of monoculture have exhausted the soil, have took life away from it, that life the vine needs to stay healthy and to develop in all their strength. And it is exactly that strength that they need, today more than ever, for the alternating of extreme weather conditions.
Lately, the word "terroir" is used as a slogan, as if it were a fixed size, but that is actually subjected to changes which the winemaker must take into account well in advance in his work between the rows. You have to understand, respect and harmonize all the elementary preconditions for the growth of a vine of excellence, unique and full of character.
Only in this way you will get even better grapes from a vineyard that has already been giving a good product for a long time. I am already working on it, without knowing the details first, on how we can better address the ecological challenges at the global level from a small living reality like a vineyard.
