- Variety
- Grüner Veltliner
- Quality
- Prädikatswein
Analytical data
- Alcohol
- 10,0% vol
- Sugar
- 156,7 g/l, sweet
- Acid
- 6,9 g/l
Harvest
November 25th, 2015
Vinification
Ageing: Stainless steel tank; Bottling Date: April 2016
Wine description
The Grüner Veltliner Icewine shows a full variety of the flavours and intense notes of this unique terrior. A strong yellow colouration, an intensively fruity bouquet. Furthermore, it exhibits charming creaminess on the palate and an exceptionally long finish.
Drink recommendations
Serving Temperature: 11-12 °C; Peak Drinking/Maturation Potential: Wonderfully drinkable even when young, but also makes an excellent mature wine (15 years).
Food pairings
Dessert, goose liver pâté, mold cheese
Other
On the variety and origins of this wine: Grüner Veltliner is the most important grape variety in Austria, accounting for 36% of the overall area under cultivation. The vineyard in Lower Austria 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
Stift Klosterneuburg Wine Estate: 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 vineyards with a long tradition, and the Stift Klosterneuburg 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 quali
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