Origin
Austria, Wachau, Wösendorf
Quality grade
Sekt aus Österreich
Site
Vineyard Selection: Postolern, Harzenleiten
Site Type
plateau
Varietal
Zweigelt 50 % | 21 years
4500 plants/ha | 4000 liter/ha
Syrah 50 % | 18 years
4500 plants/ha | 3000 liter/ha
Geografical Orientation
south
Sea Level
380 m
Soil
gneiss | large
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked
Malolactic Fermentation
no
Skin Contact
18 hour(s)
Fermentation
spontaneous
steel tank | 1 month(s) | temperature control: yes | 18 °C
Filter
kieselgur filtration | coarse
Disgorgement
cold | mechanical
Riddling
manual
Dosage
5 g/L sweet wine
Sulfur Added
yes
Maturing
bottle | 12 month(s)
Data
Wine Type
sparkling wine | rose | dry
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
8 - 12 °C
Aging Potential
high (15 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2018 - 2028
Winery
Our wines share the heritage that defines us. What would the Wachau be today without the people who made the region famous? Where would our winery stand today without our parents? What it would be today without us? It is always the people who shape a winery.
The faces at the Machherndl wine estate are Erich & Karin Machherndl, Erich Machherndl senior and Karin’s sister Katharina Napokoj.
We marry the wealth of experience & contemporary interpretation. Wooden vats & stainless steel tanks. The journey from traditional wine farming, then to conventional viticulture and now back to the roots with organic viticulture.
“Bio is logical!”