Belle Naturelle 2016

Hochgelegene Bergweingärten

Belle Naturelle is the slightly more adventurous alternative to our classic Grüner Veltliner Stein. Like this one, it comes from Grüner Veltliner grapes from high altitude vineyards around Langenlois. Once harvested by hand, the grapes were destemmed and fermented spontaneously on their skins for about two weeks in neutral Austrian oak fermentation vats. No temperature control was used and malolactic fermentation was also spontaneous. The wine matured on the lees in neutral oak (500 to 1000 liter barrels) in our 700 year old wine cellar. It clarified only by sedimentation and was bottled without filtration or fining. Only to keep the wine safe during bottling, a tiny amount of 10 mg of sulfite was added on the day of bottling. Fermentation with a combination of berries gives a unique and complex natural wine with a high diversity of flavors.

The Jurtschitsch winery, situated in Langenlois, is one of the most prestigious wineries in Austria which impeccably displays Austrian wine culture at its best. Alwin and Stefanie Jurtschitsch having been leading the family estate for some time now and have managed to reinterpret premium wine in their own way. For the two of them this means vinifying authentic, complex and terroir-specific wines with cool, elegant stylistics - in other words, permitting the different appellations in Langenlois to express themselves individually.