Origin

Austria, Südburgenland

Quality grade

Qualitätswein

Site

Prantner

Site Type

hilly land

Varietal

Welschriesling 100 % | 60 - 80 years

5000 plants/ha | 3000 liter/ha

Geografical Orientation

south

Sea Level

350 - 380 m

Soil

green slate

mica schist

weathered soil

Cellar

Harvest

handpicked | September 22

Malolactic Fermentation

yes

Skin Contact

24 hour(s)

Press

pneumetic

Fermentation

spontaneous

large wooden barrel | 2000 L | used barrel | 4 - 6 week(s) | 20 - 23 °C

Maturing

large wooden barrel | 2000 L | used barrel | 12 month(s)

Time on the Full Yeast

3 month(s)

Time on the Fine Yeast

6 month(s)

Bottling

1500 bottles

Data

Wine Type

still wine | white | dry

Alcohol

13.5 %

Acid

5.9 g/l

Residual Sugar

1.8 g/l

Allergens

sulfites

Drinking Temperature

10 - 12 °C

Aging Potential

medium (8 years)

Optimum Drinking Year

2017 - 2025

Winery

Rechnitz, the home of the small Straka winery, is a unique location: at the southern foothills of „Günser Gebirge“, which seperates the mid from the southern part of Burgenland and which is the change over from the eastern part of the alps to the hungarian lowlands (pannionien low lands). The mountain, geologicaly also called „Rechnitzer Window“ is built up of metamorph, cristal schist and magmatic rock, which exists in this way only in 3 other places in the world. Welschriesling, the old Austrian grape, is the main variety and a kind of personal „spleen“ of Thomas Straka. Also Pinot blanc and Blaufränkisch from the Eisenberg transport the distinctive mineral driven structure of the region.