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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.

Old Distillates

“Old“ liquours take their aromatic profile, style and deep and warm undertones by being aged in “barriques”.

Zu Plun – Dolomites Plum Fine Old – Old – Distillates from The Dolomites – High Quality – Liqueurs and Spirits

Amarone Grappa is obtained by distilled grape pomace used to obtain the popular red wine Amarone from Valpolicella region.

Plum brandy old. For the plum brandy from the Zu Plun distillery use is made exclusively of typical plums of South Tyrol farms, which are grown directly by Plunhof at about 1100 m altitude. The plums that grow in this climate characterised by strong temperature oscillations are small and compact, with a more concentrated aroma than common fruits. It is this aroma that is expected to reveal itself to the full in the plum brandy, which is why the ripe fruits are cautiously stoned before further processing. The fruit thus handpicked and prepared is carefully mashed. After natural fermentation without additives the pulp is distilled twice. For the Plum Brandy Old the distillate is stored fort wo years exclusively in an oak barrel, where it finally combines with the typical notes of cinnamon, caramel and vanilla.

Raw Material

Local farmer’s plums from South Tyrol, mostly Plunhof’s own production

Distillation Method

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

Storage / Ageing (Old)

3 years in a small oak barrel

Alcohol Content

42 Vol %

Content

0.5 l

Colour-Clearness

Bernstein-coloured distillate with glittering gold hues

Nose

Fruity body, plus aromas of cinnamon and caramel

Palate

Clean, smooth stylistics with gentle almond note

Finish

Persistent, outstandingly typical, outstanding, warm barrique tones