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Grüner Veltliner Berg Erste Lage 2018

Austria, Traisental DAC
Grüner Veltliner
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Description

Intensive yellow with greenish hues; the nose remindes on ripe pear with a hint of honey; herbal spice to tobaccoy notes to ripe fruit aromas; on the palate this has oodles of concentration; plenty of stuffing; powerful finish.

Awards

94 pts Falstaff Wine Guide

Certificates

VegetarianVegan

Alcohol

13.0%

Analytical data

dry

{0} g/l residual sugar
{0} g/l acidity

Vinification

Selection of the best physiological ripe grapes; crushed; skin contact for 18 hours; pressed; fermented and stored in 100 % traditional acacia wood casks; Batonage for 8 months.

Vineyard

This vineyard occupies a steep, east-facing, terraced slope with a gradient of more than 25%. The soil, which overlies calcareous conglomerate of the Hollenburg-Karlstetten Formation, is very meager with only a thin layer of humus