WINE CLUB SELECTION - SEPT 2024
punchy and playful, utterly delicious, lime oil, apricot, lemon peel, golden apple, racy and fresh, electric, adult lemonade
you love the rose and chillable red versions, now try the hazy white (but hurry, very little of the Blanca made it to the U.S. this year and we scooped up a good portion of what Volker had left for wine club).
region: Burgenland, Austria
varietal: Grüner Veltliner (60%), Weissburgunder (35%), Muscat Ottonel (5%)
style: hazy white
farming/cellar: Sourced from several certified biodynamic vineyards around Lake Neusiedlersee, close to the Hungarian border and the UNESCO world heritage site known as Puszta, an outstanding example of a cultural landscape which preserves intact and visible evidence of its traditional pastoral use over more than two millennia and represents the harmonious interaction between people and nature. The Puszta consists of vast plains where specific land-use practices such as animal husbandry, including grazing of hardy livestock breeds adapted to the natural conditions of alkaline pastures, steppes, meadows and wetlands. Vines are 25 years old and planted on limestone soils.
Stainless steel fermentation (spontaneous). 1 day skin contact, Elevage: 7 months on the lees in steel. minimal added so2, unfined, unfiltered
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