Origin
Europe
Quality grade
Wein aus Österreich
Site
vineyard selection
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Zweigelt 50 % | 10 - 20 years
5000 plants/ha
Merlot 50 %
Geografical Orientation
south east, south
Sea Level
350 - 400 m
Soil
mica schist
green slate
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | end/september
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Skin Contact
18 day(s)
Press
pneumetic
Fermentation
spontaneous
wooden fermentation stand | 2500 L | 12 day(s) | 20 - 30 °C
Maturing
small oak barrel | 225 L | used barrel | 12 month(s)
Time on the Full Yeast
2 month(s)
Time on the Fine Yeast
10 month(s)
Bottling
4000 bottles
Data
Wine Type
still wine | red | dry
Alcohol
13.5 %
Acid
6 g/l
Residual Sugar
1 g/l
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
14 - 16 °C
Aging Potential
medium (8 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2018 - 2024
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.