Bottler: HM Lang,Steinspreng 6, A-3500 Stein/Donau / Austria
In the glass
Colour
Medium straw yellow.
Nose
After a little aeration, juicy citrus notes, pale stone fruit, and nuances of herbs, cool rock, fine oak, and lanolin emerge.
Palate
Mouth-filling and velvety with subtle tannin grip, a delicate yeasty note, and a light oxidative component. Delivers a vibrant drive, creamy texture, and an exceedingly saline finish.
Character
A shy yet highly elegant and complex wine of great sensuality that continuously evolves in the glass and possesses enormous ageing potential.
Pairing
Outstanding with pan-fried pike-perch on creamed cucumber, veal cheeks with root vegetables, or refined porcini mushroom dishes.
Notes
Harvested from 100-year-old vines on an extremely steep slope, processed on a self-built 100-tonne wooden beam press, and matured for over two years on the full lees in large oak casks; Demeter-certified, unfiltered, and spontaneously fermented.
Tasting note
Colour & Appearance
A medium, luminous straw yellow in the glass.
Nose
Initially an aristocratically reserved wine that unfolds immensely with air contact. It reveals a vibrant scent of citrus juiciness, underpinned by white and yellow-fleshed fruit, delicate meadow herbs, pale wood and nuanced lanolin. The rocky origin shines through clearly even in the aromatics.
Palate
The palate exhibits a noble velvetiness, accompanied by gossamer-fine tannins. This Veltliner feels mouth-filling and yeasty-complex, supported by a ripe, masterfully integrated acidity structure. A wine full of structure that recalls the poise of a Meursault Perrières, while an uncompromising chalky-rocky tension resonates in the background.
Finish
Extremely long, exceedingly saline and creamy in the aftertaste. The finish leaves a highly elegant, profoundly sensual impression with the finest grip.
Terroir & Origin
The grapes originate from the iconic steep single vineyard Steiner Schreck in Stein an der Donau (Kremstal) at around 320 metres above sea level. The ungrafted, approximately 100-year-old vines take deep root on small terraces in barren Gföhl gneiss and granite.
Grape Variety & Vinification
100% Grüner Veltliner, cultivated with Demeter certification. The extremely early harvest was conducted strictly according to pH value (3.0) to preserve masterful freshness at a slender 11.5% ABV. Gently pressed over two days on a self-constructed 100-tonne wooden beam press. Wild fermentation took place with the addition of 3 to 5% destemmed berries in the bombproof tunnel cellar at a cool 9 °C. The wine then matured undisturbed on its full lees for over two years in a large 1,000-litre oak cask before being bottled unfiltered and with minimal added sulphur.
Key Features
Matured in large oak casks, this Demeter wine combines the engineering meticulousness of a former Airbus designer with an uncompromising natural wine ethos. Despite a modest 11.5% alcohol content, it possesses almost infinite substance.
