Wine Description
A very ripe nose of pure pear flesh has an almost iced notion of lemon freshness that counters the warmth. There also is a hint of hay. The palate presents these flavors—pear flesh, lemon and hay—in a very balanced fashion, where bright, balancing freshness takes the lead. There is concentration and a bone-dry, bright finish. This is lovely now but will evolve to become nuttier and rounder.
Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
13.5 %
Residual Sugar
1.4 g/l
Acid
6 g/l
Certificates
bio-organic, AT-BIO-402
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
10 - 12 °C
Aging Potential
high (15 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2021 - 2034
Award
Falstaff
92
Gault Millau
11
Vineyard
Vineyard Site
The Leithaberg is the last remnant of the Alps reaching toward the Pannonian Plain. Its shell limestone soil is millions of years old and offers optimal conditions to grow complex wines. This unique calcareous soil and the cool winds from the adjacent Leithaberg Forest lends the wines an inimitable mineral, highly structured character.
Origin
Austria, Burgenland, Leithaberg
Site
Eisenstaedter single vineyard Feiersteig
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Neuburger 40 % | 28 - 45 years
7000 plants/ha | 3500 liter/ha
Weißburgunder
Geografical Orientation
south east
Sea Level
200 - 220 m
Soil
calcareous | large
brown earth
limestone from Leitha
humus | medium
Weather / Climate
Climate
pannonic
Harvest and Maturing
Harvest
handpicked | September 17
Malolactic Fermentation
no
Fermentation
spontaneous
large wooden barrel | 2500 L | used barrel | 15 - 20 day(s)
Skin Contact
8 - 12 hour(s)
Maturing
large wooden barrel | 2500 L | used barrel | 9 month(s)
Bottling
natural cork | Aug. 19, 2020
60 x 1.5 l
Winery
Erwin Tinhof owns vineyards in Eisenstadt, that grow on the slopes of the Leitha Mountains. The grapes nurtured are indigenous varieties, and this has been so for 11 generations.
The 18 hectare estate is cultivated in tune with local nature; Erwin Tinhof practises dry farming and does not apply any use of insecticides or herbicides, nor artificial fertilisation, to any of his vines. The estate vineyards are up to 50 years old, and contain grape varieties that are virtually completely Austria, such as the white Neuburger and Weißburgunder (Pinot blanc) as well as the black varieties Blaufränkisch and increasingly Sankt Laurent. The wines are produced from estate vineyards and following a hand harvest and winemaking with minimal intervention, the wines are bottled in the Tinhof winery.
Effective from the 2012 harvest, the winery became a certified naturally organic producer.
Speisenempfehlung
Fisch und leichtes Fleisch mit würzigem Gemüse, kräftige Hartkäse