A meagre schlier soil with a thin loess cover produces a noble fruit which comes best into its own after one year of storage.
Origin: Herrnbaumgarten – Lower Austria
Soil: Cultivated parent soil on loess and schlier.
Harvest: Hand picking in late autumn at low temperatures
Grape processing & vinification: De-stemmed, long maceration (8 h), chilled fermentation at 18°C in stainless steel vats.
Analysis: Alc.:12.5 % ABV; residual sugar: 6.2 g/l; acidity: 7.0 g/l
Description: Elegant nose of vineyard-peach and rose petals; slightly lemon in the back; extract sweetness and acidity play delightfully on the palate.
Food pairing: Roasted or grilled fish, seafood.
Drinking temperature: 8-10°C
Best age to open: 1 – 3 years after the harvest
Award: Gault Millau: 2 Grapes. Mundus Vini: Silver.
