Origin
Austria, Weinviertel, Röschitz
Quality grade
Österreichischer Qualitätswein
Site
Hinterholz
Site Type
plateau
Varietal
Chardonnay 100 % | 36 years
4500 plants/ha | 3000 - 3500 liter/ha
Sea Level
330 m
Soil
loess
Vineyard Site
A vineyard surrounded by forest. It really cools down here in the nighttime.
Ideal conditions for white wine.
Chardonnay can ripen here nicely protected up into the autumn,
while still keeping its elegance.
The soil has somewhat more loess and primary rock (granite) in the subsoil.
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | October 9 | 500 kg cask
Grape Sorting
manual
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Sulfur Added
wine
Mazeration
squashed | 10 °C | in the press
Skin Contact
15 hour(s)
Mash Fermentation
squashed | Stems: 0 %
Fermentation
spontaneous
Chardonnay | oak barrel | 500 L | new barrel | 30 day(s) | 22 - 22 °C
Maturing
oak barrel | 500 L | new barrel | 12 month(s)
Time on the Full Yeast
2 week(s)
Time on the Fine Yeast
12 month(s)
Bottling
natural cork | Oct. 30, 2017 | 630 bottles
SO2 added: 20 mg
Certification
Yes
Deacidification
no
Acidification
no
Data
Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
13.5 %
Residual Sugar
1 g/l
Acid
4.9 g/l
Total Sulfur
< 65 mg
Certificates
organic
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
13 - 15 °C
Aging Potential
high (15 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2018 - 2033
Awards
Falstaff
93
Wine Description
french
Winery
Three generations, three siblings, three spirits united: Maria, Ewald and Christian have found common ground in the family-run business in the western part of the Weinviertel region: wine. Whether in the vineyard, the wine cellar or in sales, each siblin concentrates on what they love and know best at the Gruber Röschitz winery. Wonderfully crisp Grüner Veltliner, fruity Riesling and delicately balanced St. Laurent and Pinot Noir grow in the organically cultivated micro-cosmos in Röschitz, Lower Austria. Granite, loess and clay soil as well as an airy and warm climate ensure unique freshness and minerality with fruitiness on the palate. The harmonious family atmosphere, combining traditional knowledge and new ideas, lends the wines a unique and harmonic character.