Stratos weiss 16 2016

Stratos weiss 16 2016
taste of austria
Origin
Europe
Quality grade
Europäischer Wein
Site
vineyard selection
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Zierfandler 50 % | 30 years
4000 plants/ha
Welschriesling 50 %
Geografical Orientation
south east, south
Sea Level
350 - 400 m
Soil
mica schist
green slate

Cellar

Harvest
handpicked | middle/september
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Skin Contact
12 hour(s)
Fermentation
spontaneous
large wooden barrel | used barrel
Maturing
large wooden barrel | used barrel | 12 month(s)
Time on the Full Yeast
4 month(s)
Time on the Fine Yeast
8 month(s)
Bottling
2000 bottles

Data

Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
14 %
Acid
5.7 g/l
Drinking Temperature
10 - 12 °C
Aging Potential
medium (6 years)

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.