Origin
Austria, Südburgenland
Quality grade
Qualitätswein
Site
village site Rechnitz
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Sauvignon Blanc 100 % | 5 - 12 years
Geografical Orientation
south east, south
Sea Level
350 - 400 m
Soil
mica schist
green slate
Cellar
Harvest
handpicked | middle/september
Maturing
steel tank | 6 month(s)
Data
Wine Type
Still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
13.5 %
Certificates
Organic farming according to EU-standard
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
8 - 10 °C
Aging Potential
medium (6 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2018 - 2020
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.
