Origin
Austria, Wachau, Spitz an der Donau
Quality grade
Österreichischer Qualitätswein
Site
Vineyard Selection
Site Type
hillside
Varietal
Grüner Veltliner 100 % | 4 - 66 years
Sea Level
230 - 300 m
Soil
Gföhler Gneis
flint
sandy
Vineyard Site
The name of this wine is program, whereby the grapes of the vintages 2012 and 2013 come from different terrace vineyards with partly old vines (Bruck, Schön, Buschenberg, Hochrain, Loibenberg etc). In each case the quantities were too small to fill them separately. However, these are sites for potential top quality, mostly on primary rock.
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | beginning/september - end/september | 15 kg cask
Fermentation
spontaneous
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Maturing
steel tank | 5 month(s)
Bottling
screw cap | middle/april 2018
Data
Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
11.5 %
Residual Sugar
1 g/l
PH Value
3.4
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
11 °C
Aging Potential
high
Wine Description
In 2012 and 2013 this Grüner Veltliner was sourced from various terraced vineyards, some with old vines: Bruck, Schön, Buschenberg, Hochrain and Loibenberg. The quantity from each plot is too small for individual bottlings, yet the quality is potentially superb from these predominantly primary rock sites.
Starting with the vintage of 2014 also the grapes of the flat vineyard KREUTLES in Unterloiben are part of this blend. Therefore LIEBEDICH is from now on my classic, authentic Wachau Grüner Veltliner, representing the typical characteristics of the region and the vintage in a "drinking animating" way.
In some vineyards I manage the soil with a tractor and for that reason, I do not use my neck label “Handarbeit” which signifies a wine that is farmed completely by hand.