Information about the wine:
The Ried Grassnitzberg Reserve is bottled only in the best years. The last published vintage was 2011, now again 2015. The Reserve comes from the closed Kessellage Grassnitzberg with sandy-loamy mussel weathered limestone soils, specifically from the more than 60-year-old Riff parcel in the Ried Grassnitzberg. The wine was aged for three years in 2,000 and 2,500 barrels on the fine lees and then bottled unfiltered.
Color:
medium golden yellow with silver reflections
Nose:
This Reserve inspires over at least a week with ever-changing nuances in the interplay of blossom honey, raspberries, gooseberries, cassis, grapefruits and Meyer lemons, nougat and spicy stone. The bouquet is extremely complex and already hints at the immense depth that awaits you on the palate.
Palate:
The best way to show the Reserve currently after two to three days. Then the wine has really opened up and delivers an impressive spectacle on the palate. The Grassnitzsberg is extremely juicy and complex, the fruit very ripe, but equipped to the point with an all invigorating mineral lively acid structure. There is a certain fruit sweetness with yellow stone and pome fruit, with flowers and especially with a lot of citrus in combination with salty stony notes that carry the wine into a long, more precisely, into a very long finish.
Food recommendations by Christoph Raffelt:
- Pike perch on top vegetables and risotto (fish)
(Fish, Pasta, Pizza, Polenta & Risotto)
- Truffled veal-poultry terrine with porcini mushrooms (poultry, veal)
(MeatMushrooms and truffles)
- Potato strudel with pumpkin ragout (vegetarian)
(Vegetable & Vegetarian)
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Vintage | |
| Variety | |
| Content | |
| Alcohol content | |
| Residual sweetness | ■□□□□ |
| Allergens | Contains sulfur |
| Acid | 6,5 g/l |
| Drinking temperature | 11° |
| Parker points | 96-98 |
| Manufacturer | Tement GmbH, Zieregg 13, A-8461 Ehrenhausen / Austria |
