IN THE VINEYARD:
REGION: Mailberg.
VINEYARDS: Ried Hundschupfen
VARIETALS: Gruner Veltliner 100%
FARMING PRACTICES: Certified sustainable; dry farmed; rows seeded with clover, buckwheat & radish; no pesticides used (herbicide, fertilizer, additives, etc); only compost for fertilization.
PLOUGHING: The soil cover is maintained. Annual ploughing.
SOILS: Deep Loess soils
WEATHER: Continental Weather
VINES: 4 - 45 year old vines. Traditional Trellis.
HARVEST: Early September.
IN THE CELLAR:
FERMENTATION: Traditional, in small stainless steel tanks
TREATMENTS: No chaptalization and acidification at all. The idea is to stay natural as much as possible.
PRESSING: Traditional.
MALOLACTIC: Spontaneous, if any.
LEES: Approx. 2 months lees contact
FINING/ FILTRATION: The wine is allowed to settle naturally by gravity and is only minimally fined or filtered.
CHEMISTRY: Alc. 12%. 5 g/L Total Acidity.
WINEMAKER: Carina Hagn.
PHILOSOPHY: Low intervention. We believe that the best wines are born in the vineyard.
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