This red wine convinces with velvety and ripe tannins with a long finish. A unique example of Viennese red wines.
Style: Medium cherry red; spicy fruit aromas of raspberry and sour cherry with tea and fine tobacco notes; elegant taste with moderate alcohol and well-integrated acidity;
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Residual sugar: 1.0 g/l dry
Acidity: 6.1 g/l
Soil: sandy black earth loess on quaternary ice age gravel
Grape processing: 100% hand-picked, 30% destemmed
Mash contact: 2.5 weeks mash contact
Fermentation: 2 weeks spontaneous fermentation in used, open 225-liter barrels; 70% whole grapes and 30% destemmed but not crushed
Storage: 18 months, 30% in used French 225-liter oak barrels (Chassin) and 70% in 600-liter Stockinger barrels.
Drinking temperature: 12-14°C
Shelf life: 10-12 years
Food recommendation: boiled beef, carpaccio, truffle salami and mature mountain cheese
