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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.

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 – Sour Cherry Grappa Weichsel – Distillates Fruit Grappa from The Dolomites – High Quality – Liqueurs and Spirits

Sour cherry grappa made of sour cherries from Valpolicella region (Verona).

Cherry distillate. The name Weichselkirsche is commonly used in German-speaking areas of the Alpine region. As in the case of apricot and quince apple also this tree, now grown all over the world, originally comes from Asia. The Zu Plun cherry distillate is produced using fruit from the Marasca cherry tree, an autochthonous sour cherry variety in Dalmatian coastal regions, which nowadays is also grown in Slovenia and northern Italy. Compared to other cherries this fruit is smaller and drier. The raw material used for distillation comes from trees in the sun-facing plateaus around Fiè allo Sciliar, in the Verona areas, as well as from Valpolicella. The cherries stay on the tree until the ideal ratio for distillation between sugars and acids in the fruit has been reached, then handpicked.

The distillate is characterized by multi-layered complex fruit aromas, accompanied by surprising notes, reminiscent of marzipan and chocolate.

Raw Material

Sour cherry from the Verona area, Valpolicella, Marasca cherry

Distillation Method

Discontinuous in a copper still

Alcohol Content

42 Vol %

Content

0.35 l

Colour-Clearness

Clear colourless

Nose

Outstanding fruit with a hint of marzipan and chocolate

Palate

Complex taste profile, divided into the three characteristic nuances

Finish

The full fruit of the cherry reveals itself in the finish