RUBIN CARNUNTUM
Carnuntum DAC
Zweigelt
2021
TASTING NOTE
A wonderfully smooth and soft Zweigelt, which is characterized by its intense fruit aromas. Black berry fruit, clear herbal spice, a hint of blackberries and some tobacco spice. Juicy, ripe plums, fine fruit sweetness, elegant and balanced. Pleasant freshness and a delicate touch of chocolate in the aftertaste.
VINIFICATION
Hand picking and pre-selection in the vineyarda. Optical sorting of the grapes at the winery. Natural temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Punch downs and pumpovers twice a day. 22 days on the grape skins, natural malolactic fermentation in used French barrique barrels. One year on full lees in used oak barrels until bottling.
Ripeness of the grapes 21.0 °KMW
Alcohol in % vol 13.5
Acid in g/l 5.1
Residual sugar in g/l 1.8
Rubin Carnuntum 2022
Food Recommendations
Versatile dining companion
Pizza, Pasta, Lasagna
Meat Dishes and Hard Cheeses, Salads
Wine Region
Regional wine
Carnuntum DAC
Vineyards
Ried Haidacker
Goettlesbrunn
Ried Hagelsberg
Goettlesbrunn
Ried Kräften
Goettlesbrunn
Soil
Calcareous soils of loam and loess
Gritty sediments on the topsoilHarvest
hand-picked October 2022