Riesling 2017

Riesling 2017
taste of austria
Origin
Austria, Südburgenland
Quality grade
Qualitätswein
Site
Prantner
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Riesling 100 % | 8 - 15 years
5000 plants/ha | 4000 liter/ha
Geografical Orientation
south east, south
Sea Level
350 - 380 m
Soil
karg
green slate
mica schist

Cellar

Harvest
handpicked | middle/september
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Skin Contact
24 hour(s)
Press
pneumetic
Fermentation
spontaneous
large wooden barrel | 900 L | used barrel | 3 week(s) | 20 - 23 °C
Maturing
large wooden barrel | 900 L | used barrel | 12 month(s)
Time on the Full Yeast
4 month(s)
Time on the Fine Yeast
8 month(s)
Bottling
1000 bottles

Data

Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Certificates
Organic farming according to EU-standard
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
8 - 10 °C
Aging Potential
medium (7 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2018 - 2024

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.