RIED ALTENBERG
PINOT BLANC
Carnuntum DAC
100% Pinot Blanc
2021
TASTING NOTE
Complex nose of brioche, melon and a hint of apple and quince. Full-bodied, firm, dense texture. Creamy mid-palate. Fruity melt in the finish, long finish with candied mango in the back aroma. Dark, salty minerality. Well balanced acidity.
VINIFICATION
Hand-picked, 36-hour maceration on the grape skins, minimal sulfur addition, natural fermentation in French and Austrian oak barrels. 12 months on full lees in new and used oak barrels,
Ripeness of the grapes 20.5°KMW
Alcohol in % vol 13.7
Acid in g/l 4.7
Residual sugar in g/l 1.5
Ried Altenberg Pinot Blanc 2021
Food Recommendations
Poultry and Fish Dishes, Veal
Strong sauces, Mushrooms
Dessert
Wine Region
Carnuntum DAC
Vineyard
Single Vineyard
Ried Altenberg
Goettlesbrunn
Soil
Calcareous soils of loam and loess
gravel on the topsoilHarvest
Hand-picked on 29. September 2021