Origin
Austria, Niederösterreich
Quality grade
Qualitätswein
Site
Langenloiser vineyards
Site Type
plateau
Varietal
Pinot Noir 100 % | 30 years
3500 plants/ha | 3500 liter/ha
Sea Level
300 m
Soil
loess | medium | top soil
mica schist | medium | top soil
gneiss | large | sub soil
Vineyard Site
Our Pinot Noir vines are rooted in gneiss-based soils on windswept plateaus in between Langenlois and Schiltern - which lies northwest from Langenlois. The grapes are hand harvested in early September and then immediately transported in small perforated boxes to the winery. The grapes are crushed by foot, filled into open fermentation tanks with stalks and stems and left to spontaneously ferment without temperature control.
Weather / Climate
Climate
continental
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | middle/september
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Mash Fermentation
partly destemming | Stems: 0 % | 4 week(s) | 50 %
Semi Carbonic fermentation | Stems: 100 % | 50 %
Fermentation
spontaneous
open fermentation vat | 2000 L | used barrel
Maturing
small wooden barrel | 500 L | used barrel | 12 month(s)
steel tank
Time on the Full Yeast
12 month(s)
Data
Wine Type
Still wine | red | dry
Alcohol
12.5 %
Acid
5.8 g/l
Residual Sugar
1 g/l
Certificates
organic
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
15 - 17 °C
Aging Potential
medium (6 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2017 - 2022
Winery
The Jurtschitsch winery, situated in Langenlois, is one of the most prestigious wineries in Austria which impeccably displays Austrian wine culture at its best.
Alwin and Stefanie Jurtschitsch having been leading the family estate for some time now and have managed to reinterpret premium wine in their own way. For the two of them this means vinifying authentic, complex and terroir-specific wines with cool, elegant stylistics - in other words, permitting the different appellations in Langenlois to express themselves individually.