Origin
Austria, Wachau, Mautern
Quality grade
Qualitätswein
Site
Im Weingebirge
Site Type
hillside
Varietal
Riesling 100 % | 20 - 60 years
3000 plants/ha | 3000 liter/ha
Geografical Orientation
north east
Sea Level
230 - 240 m
Soil
loam
loess
paragneiss
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | middle/october
Malolactic Fermentation
no
Skin Contact
12 hour(s)
Fermentation
spontaneous
steel tank | 2 month(s)
Maturing
large wooden barrel | 6000 L | used barrel | 192 month(s)
Time on the Full Yeast
3 month(s)
Time on the Fine Yeast
3 month(s)
Bottling
natural cork | beginning/july 2018
Data
Wine Type
Still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
12.5 %
Certificates
Demeter, bio-dynamic
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
12 - 14 °C
Aging Potential
high (50 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2018 - 2060
Winery
The Nikolaihof Wachau is a very special place that invigorates the people who live and spend time here. With almost 2,000 years of history, the estate is the oldest winery in Austria, and one of the first in the world to have begun operating by biodynamic principles. The estate has been owned by the Saahs family since 1894.