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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 - Plum Grappa Plum - Distillates Fruit Grappa from The Dolomites - High Quality - Liqueurs and Spirits

Plum grappa made of plums grown in alpine regions in South Tyrol, especially nearby Plunhof.

For the plum grappa 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 grappa, 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. The plum as showcase fruit keeps presenting distillation master Rabanser with the challenge of improving his art and of striving towards perfection and balance – a concept which is also expressed in the motif on the label: a rhinoceros balancing a ball.

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

Alcohol Content

42 Vol %

Content

0.5 l

Colour-Clearness

Crystal-clear colourless

Nose

Fruity body, plus aromas of cinnamon and caramel

Palate

Clean, smooth stylistics with gentle almond note

Finish

Persistent, outstandingly characteristic

Suggestion

Closing combination with dark chocolate