GRAPE: Gruner Veltliner, Weissburgunder
SKIN CONTACT: 3 weeks
REGION: Burgenland, Austria
PRODUCER: Gut Oggau is a project in the small town of Oggau in Burgenland, Austria, started by Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe in 2007. They painstakingly restored the 17th century winery that had been abandoned for 20 years, including its 200-year-old screw press. The vines’ 20-year period of neglect was fortunate, as this allowed for all pesticide and chemical treatments to be washed away. This let them begin working immediately on vines biodynamically, where they are now fully Demeter certified.
VINIFICATION METHOD: 40 year-old vines of Grüner and Weissburgunder, grown on a mix of limestone, slate, gravel, and sand. Grapes are hand-harvested and partially destemmed; around 1/3 is fermented on skins and the rest is direct press; fermentation takes place in used 500L barrels. It's given about a year's worth of aging in those barrels. Unfiltered, unfined, no added SO2.
TASTING NOTES: Medium bodied, honey crisp apple, white pepper, rose petal
PAIRINGS: Brick chicken
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