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Grüner Veltliner Reserve 2015

Niederösterreich, Österreich
Grüner Veltliner Reserve
Variety
Grüner Veltliner
Quality
Qualitätswein

1 Awards

6/2016
Wein Guide 2016/17
92
92 points

Vine origins

Analytical data

Alcohol
13,5% vol
Sugar
2,7 g/l, dry
Acid
5,5 g/l

Harvest

October 2015

Vinification

Skin Contact: 6 hours; Ageing: 85 % large wooden casks, 15 % stainless steel tank; Bottling Date: June 2016

Wine description

Opulent fruit of yellow apples with tropical notes on the palate, creamy and well balanced acidity. His impressing complexity and intensity give this wine great aging potential.

Drink recommendations

Serving Temperature: 8–10 °C; Peak Drinking/Maturation Potential: Wonderfully drinkable even when young, but also ideal for longer periods of storage (5–6 years).

Food pairings

Boiled beef, hard cheese

Other

On the variety and origins of this wine: The grapes for this powerful Grüner Veltliner come from the oldest vines of the Hengsberg single vineyard. The Hengsberg single-vineyard provides perfect ripening conditions for the Veltliner. Optimum sunlight and soil conditions allow the quality maturation of the medium-sized, round, green-to-yellow grapes.

Other

Wine Estate of Klosterneuburg Monastery: Since its foundation in 1114 Klosterneuburg monastery has been growing wine and therefore is the oldest wine estate of Austria. With 108 Hectares of vineyards it is one of the country‘s largest and most renowned estates. The vineyards are situated in selected top locations in Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Gumpoldskirchen and Tattendorf. Since the year 2009 it is the first carbon neutral wine estate in Europe.

Other

What makes our single-vineyard wines stand out is the particular choice of hand-picked grapes. The wine is made from grapes grown in individual vine-yards with a long tradition, and the Klosterneuburg Monastery Wine Estate has been cultivating some of the individual sites for centuries. A highly selective and target-ed harvest ensures the ripest of grapes, while the process of ageing the wines – done partly in small wooden casks – guarantees that they can be stored for several years while maintaining their high quality.

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