Grüner Veltliner Käferberg Beerenauslese 2004

The soil of this single vineyard is different than any other site on our estate and similar to Chateau Petrus in Pomerol. Situated on a rise of marine deposits 300 m above sea level this exposed soil decomposed over the ages to create sandy clay. This soil produces an extremely potent wine, but is difficult to work. Necessary plowing can be done only during certain periods, when it is neither too dry nor too wet.

The vineyard, although perfectly suited for red wine, bears old Grüner Veltliner vines that produce whites with a unique weight, concentration, and extract sweetness.  The altitude of the vineyard contributes to good acidity in the late harvest wines.

Yield: Grüner Veltliner is thick-skinned and thus, does not easily get botrytis. In 2004 we succeeded, with the help of noble rot, to get some hundred pounds of shriveled berries by literally picking them out of the grapes.

Vinification: 36 hours of continous gently pressing followed by a fermentation in 300l new Austrian oak casks. The wine stayed in oak for 12 months.

Analytical Data:

Alc. 10,5 Vol. , 

Total Acidity 9,7g/l 

Residual Sugar 203 g