Origin
Austria, Südburgenland
Quality grade
Qualitätswein
Site
Rechnitz
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Welschriesling 100 % | 10 - 35 years
5000 plants/ha | 5000 liter/ha
Geografical Orientation
south east, south
Sea Level
350 - 450 m
Soil
green slate
mica schist
weathered soil
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | September 15 - September 25
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Skin Contact
5 - 24 hour(s)
Press
pneumetic
Fermentation
spontaneous
steel tank | 20 - 25 day(s) | temperature control: yes | 18 - 21 °C
Maturing
steel tank | 7 month(s)
Time on the Full Yeast
3 month(s)
Time on the Fine Yeast
2 month(s)
Bottling
8000 bottles
Data
Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
13 %
Acid
6.2 g/l
Certificates
Organic farming according to EU-standard
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
10 - 12 °C
Aging Potential
medium (8 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2017 - 2019
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.