Zu Plun – Rowan Grappa Vogelbeere – Distillates Herbs Grappa from The Dolomites – High Quality – Liqueurs and Spirits – Avvenice

Zu Plun – Distillates from The Dolomites

“It is not necessary to be crazy to distill a great liquour, but it helps immensely”. A 14th-century document already mentioned the Plunhof at Siusi allo Sciliar (Seis am Schlern). In the past, the company was part of the land properties of the Hauenstein Castle and was therefore owned by no less than poet Oswald von Wolkenstein. Yet not even his vivid fantasy might have imagined that world-class and internationally famous fine spirits and fruit liquours would be born here, 1000 metres above sea level.

Today, Zu Plun is the distillery of the Dolomites that makes gins, rhums, liquours and grappas using mountain ingredients. The Dol Gin, made with Dolomitic plants, is certainly the one that best represents this area. There are many traces of this region in this liquour. The one that is probably most suited to the current trends is the Yellow Gin, in which the juniper aroma is enriched with the essence of lemons from the Garda region. The Grenoir is made with pomegranate, and finally the Salz Gin is enriched with salt and oysters.

Our Herbs Grappa

Zu Plun grappa made of Dolomites herbs are of an outstanding sensory quality. They convey charm and spine, their taste is intense and embracing.

Zu Plun – Rowan Grappa Vogelbeere – Distillates Herbs Grappa from The Dolomites – High Quality – Liqueurs and Spirits

Brandy made of Spitzbühl rowans from Seiser Alm, with a velvety smooth and finely spiced taste.

Rowan Brandy. In late summer the markedly red cone berries of the rowan glisten all across South Tyrol; they are known in the local dialect as Vogel- or also Mehlbeere. The distillation of this fruit has a particularly long tradition in the Tyrol region, however this distillate allows for no mistake in the choice and preparation of the berries to be pressed. The effort in picking and destemming the small fruits is enormous; indeed even the stem is removed from thousands of berries by hand in order to avoid any “green“ flavour notes in the distillate. The most aromatic fruits grow at high altitudes where the soil has little nutrients; in South Tyrol the fruits from the Sarentino valley – and from Spitzbühl on the Alpe di Siusi are legendary. Here, 2,000 metres high, is where the fruits of the rowan used by Zu Plun grow.

Raw Material

Rowan from Spitzbühl, Alpe di Siusi

Distillation Method

Discontinuous, distilled twice, heated in a water bath using a copper still

Alcohol Content

42 Vol %

Content

0.35 l

Colour-Clearness

Clear and colourless

Nose

Typical wild fruit aromas with a hint of cinnamon and nuts

Palate

Velvety-mellow, very fine tang

Finish

Typical wild fruit notes with outstanding marzipan note