Origin

Europe

Quality grade

Qualitätswein

Site

vineyard selection

Site Type

hilly land

Varietal

Welschriesling 40 % | 20 - 40 years

5000 plants/ha | 5000 liter/ha

Weißburgunder 40 %

Sauvignon Blanc 10 %

Chardonnay 5 %

Grüner Veltliner 5 %

Geografical Orientation

south east, south

Sea Level

350 - 400 m

Soil

mica schist

green slate

Cellar

Harvest

handpicked | middle/september - end/september

Malolactic Fermentation

yes

Skin Contact

12 - 36 hour(s)

Press

pneumetic

Fermentation

spontaneous

steel tank | 30 day(s) | temperature control: yes | 18 - 21 °C

Maturing

steel tank | 6 month(s)

Time on the Full Yeast

2 month(s)

Time on the Fine Yeast

4 month(s)

Bottling

4000 bottles

Data

Wine Type

still wine | white | dry

Alcohol

13 %

Acid

5.9 g/l

Residual Sugar

1.8 g/l

Certificates

Organic farming according to EU-standard

Allergens

sulfites

Drinking Temperature

10 - 12 °C

Aging Potential

medium (6 years)

Optimum Drinking Year

2018 - 2021

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.