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Tasting note
- Colour & appearance
- Luminous golden yellow with greenish reflections and delicate golden highlights. The intense colour already hints at skin contact, yet remains brilliant and clear in the glass.
- Nose
- A fascinating aromatic profile reminiscent of great Jura white wines – of Savagnin from limestone soils. Preserved lemon and salty meadow herbs open the bouquet, followed by an impressive herbal spiciness: dried thyme, oregano, rosemary and a touch of lavender. Fresh notes of lemon balm and bronze fennel meet subtle fruit – baked mirabelle, yellow plum, candied quince and candied ginger. Fine hints of shortbread biscuit, shortcrust pastry and yeast lend additional depth without ever feeling heavy.
- Palate
- Grippy, juicy and remarkably structured. With just 12.5% alcohol, it is pleasingly lean, allowing its pronounced minerality to take centre stage. Salty limestone notes, fine phenolics and stimulating bitterness provide tremendous drive and an impressive backbone. The juicy texture and distinctive structure combine with remarkable balance – modern, puristic and full of character, yet equally accessible to both curious newcomers and seasoned wine lovers.
- Finish
- Long and precise. Herbs, limestone, fine yeasty notes and an elegant minerality dominate the aftertaste, keeping the wine exciting right to the very end.
- Terroir & origin
- Gelber Traminer from Gols on Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland. The vines are rooted in limestone – that cool, mineral foundation which defines the Leitha Mountains and endows the wine with taut precision.
- Grape variety & vinification
- Gelber Traminer from biodynamic Demeter-certified viticulture. Spontaneously fermented, aged in amphora, bottled unfiltered and vinified without added sulphur. Gernot and Heike Heinrich have been farming biodynamically since 2006 and are founding members of respekt-BIODYN.
- Food pairing
- The salty spice and herbal complexity call for equally matched flavours: grilled fish with Mediterranean herbs, artichokes with lemon aioli, risotto with wild broccoli and Pecorino, or chicken tagine with olives and preserved lemons. Also an exciting combination with mature Comté or Manchego.
- Special features
- An orange wine of a special kind: amphora vinification combined with the decision to forgo filtration and sulphur yields a wine of unusual texture and depth. The interplay of reduction and controlled oxidation creates that fascinating tension otherwise found only in great Jura Savagnins – here, however, with Burgenland warmth and Gelber Traminer as its aromatic foundation.
