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Grüner Veltliner Alte Reben 2005
“Alte Reben” means “old vines” and designates a wine sourced from our oldest vineyards with vines averaging 50 years.
Older vines are less productive, forming fewer and smaller grapes that profit from a well developed root system. This root system reaches deeply into the ground and supplies its fruit with potent nourishment. As a consequence, wines of these vineyards are extremely flavourful with enormous concentration.
After a real "Indian Summer" grapes were harvested in November in healthy condition. The wine fermented in used (2-3 years old) 300 litre Austrian oak casks. After fermentation it was racked into used 2500 litre barrels (2-3 years old) for further maturation.
Yield per hectare: 2500 l
Alcohol: 12,5%
Tasting note:
Fresh exotic fruit (citrus and pineapple); apples and some peppery spice, on the palate following through with mouthwatering exotic fruit, grapefruit, pineapple, melon, lots of minerals and spice; lean yet concentrated, with a good grip and harmonically integrating acidity, a quite subtle wine well balanced showing typical minerals and spice in the long after taste.
Food pairing:
Matches ideally with diverse fish-dishes also marinated fish and seafood, smoked salmon and trout etc., classic Austrian cuisine and many Asian dishes.
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