Wine Description
The nose is still a little shy but already allows glimpses of tart but ripe red cherry. The palate reverberates with that tart but juicy freshness and bathes all in a warm hue of cinnamon spice. Inherent freshness tingles pleasantly and highlights the very fine and still firm tannins. This has juiciness and elegance in equal measure. A very hedonistic and irresistible combination.
Wine Type
still wine | red | dry
Alcohol
13.5 %
Residual Sugar
1 g/l
Acid
5.6 g/l
Certificates
bio-organic, AT-BIO-402
Allergens
sulfites
Drinking Temperature
16 - 18 °C
Aging Potential
high (15 years)
Optimum Drinking Year
2022 - 2037
Award
Falstaff
92
International Wine and Spirit Competition
Bronze
A la Carte
93
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
Quality grade
Leithaberg DAC
Site
Eisenstaedter single vineyard Fehlmühl, Reisbühl, Setz
Site Type
hilly land
Varietal
Blaufränkisch | 20 - 43 years
7000 plants/ha | 3500 liter/ha
Geografical Orientation
south east
Sea Level
200 - 220 m
Soil
calcareous | large
limestone from Leitha | large
humus | little
Weather / Climate
Climate
pannonic
Harvest and Maturing
Harvest
handpicked | October 1
Malolactic Fermentation
yes
Mash Fermentation
squashed | Stems: 15 % | 20 - 30 | 100 %
Fermentation
spontaneous
steel tank | 20 - 30 day(s) | temperature control: yes | 25 °C
Maturing
large wooden barrel | 2500 L | used barrel | 16 month(s) | Blaufränkisch
Bottling
natural cork | Aug. 26, 2022
28 x 1.5 l
Certification
Yes
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.
Food recommendation:
perfect match to spicy dishes, steaks as well as deer and cheese