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Riesling Spätlese Trocken

VARIETALS
Riesling

NOTES
FARMING: Biodynamic

SOIL: Slate and Quartz

VINEYARD: Spätlese (“late harvest”) is, as its designation indicates, picked late, usually at the end of October, in the Niederberg-Helden a single vineyard site (designated an Erste Lage or “First Growth“ site). In these steep sloped vineyards grow old vines (40–60 years), planted in the middle of the last century.

VINIFICATION: The grapes are collected during harvest in small crates to ensure that they reach the cellar undamaged. In the closed tank press skin maceration lasts a few hours to enhance natural aroma extraction. After an average 12-hour sedimentation period the juice is moved into the fermenter. Vinification starts with indigenous yeast and takes place in stainless-steel tanks at temperatures of between 16° to 18° C. Initially, fermentation is temperature- controlled; the entire fermentation process covers a period of 6 to 8 weeks. The wine is kept on its lees until filtration in spring.