Stäfner Pinot Noir 2023
AOC Zürichsee, Rütihof, 750 ml
Description
This is a pleasant, typical, nicely evolved, medium bodied and long lasting Pinot Noir. Spice aromas of cinnamon, cloves, star anise and liquorice complete the fruity notes of cherries and strawberry jam. Its delicate spicy-fruity taste is carried by mild tannins and a light acidity.
Attributes
| Grape variety: | Pinot Noir |
| Producer: | Rütihof |
| Origin: | Switzerland / Ostschweiz / Zürich |
| Other vintages: | 2022 |
| Label: | Vegan |
| Ripening potential: | 1 to 6 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 16 to 18 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Fresh water fish with cream sauce, Wild specialities, Roasted lamb gigot, Cold fish dish, dried meat, Pork fillet with plums, Calf's kidneys with mustard sauce |
| Vinification: | short must fermentation, fermentation in steel tank, saignée |
| Harvest: | hand-picking |
| Maturation: | in large wooden barrel/foudre |
| Volume: | 14.0 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Zürich
Zurich: On the way to the top
With a cultivated area of 620 hectares, Zurich is the largest wine-producing canton in German-speaking Switzerland. The potential is great at prime locations on Lake Zurich and in the various river valleys. It is no surprise that a steadily increasing number of top wines are vinified here. The major variety is Pinot Noir. But white varieties also exceed exquisitely, such as Müller-Thurgau and the long-established Räuschling, as well as international varieties like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. The wine-producing canton of Zurich is currently experiencing the most sustained upswing in quality in its history.
Ostschweiz
Eastern Switzerland: an intriguing puzzle
Eastern Switzerland has long been positioned on the northern rim of the climate zone where the cultivation of popular Swiss varieties is possible. Due to a warming climate, the vineyards of Aargau, Zurich, Schaffhausen, Thurgau and Graubünden are now in the zone where varieties such as Müller-Thurgau or Pinot Noir succeed excellently. But even long-established, almost-forgotten varieties such as Elbling, Räuschling and Completer are experiencing a renaissance.
Switzerland
Switzerland – A small country with enormous diversity
Switzerland is famous for its banks, watches, and cheese, but not necessarily for its wine. The Swiss didn't invent wine, but they have been extremely open and curious to it. Wine culture arrived in what is now modern Switzerland via several routes: from Marseilles to Lake Geneva and the Lower Valais region; from the Aosta Valley through the Great St. Bernard Pass to the rest of Valais; from the Rhone through Burgundy, across the Jura Mountains to Lake Constance; and from Lombardy to Ticino, and then on to Grisons.
