Austria, Traisental DAC
Grüner Veltliner
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
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
