GRAPES: 100% CHARDONNAY
SKIN CONTACT: 14 DAYS
REGION: BURGENLAND, AUSTRIA
Producer information: Markus Altenburger's approach to viticulture is "doing nothing if possible." They let grass and herbs grow between the rows to save the soil from drying out and do as little as possible to avoid stress on plants and soil. Their fields look different from the neatly trimmed and properly cut vineyards you might know from fancy advertisements. Bees, butterflies, and all kinds of beneficial species have started to return to the vineyards. They also don't use modern oenologic helpers like selected yeast, enzymes, bacteria, or finings.
Vinification method: For this wine, half of the fruit gets pressed directly, while the other half macerates on the skins for two days. This skin contact maceration adds a lot of texture and character to the wine. 50% of the juice ferments in concrete eggs, and 50% in big oak casks.
Tasting notes: Medium body, tangerine, meyer lemon, chalky minrality
Pairings: dover sole
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