Schloss Maissau- Weinviertel DAC GV Bio 2021

Vintage: 2021
Varietal: Grüner-Veltliner
Appellation: Weinviertel DAC
Sulphur (SO2): free 33mg/L - total 81 mg/L
Sugar: Dry
Acid: 6.6 g/L
pH: 3.35
Production Size: 24,000 bottles
Altitude: 340m (1115 ft)
Vineyard Age: 15-25 years
Residual Sugar: 1.4 g/L
Tannin: None
Alcohol %: 12.5

Organic farming. The grapes for this wine come from various vineyards on the grounds of Schloss Maissau - mainly granite soils with a bit of loess. The grapes are farmed organically, certified by ECOCERT. Grapes are hand-picked.

Soil Type(s)
loess top-soil (2 meters deep), bedrock of granite

The must was fermented in stainless steel tanks at 21° C with the addition of neutral yeast. The fermentation was cold and slow, lasting 8 weeks on the gross lees. After fermentation, the wine was left to rest on the fine lees for a total of 2 months before being bottled in spring.

The Schloss Maissau is a small passion project of the Gruber family. They had the opportunity to manage, farm and make wine from the very old vineyards next to the historic 13th century Schloss Maissau castle. In fact, they have documents from year 1114 that reference these vineyards. In 2006, the current caretaker of the castle approached Ewald's dad to revitalize the production of the wines from the castle's grounds. It took seven years to get the chemicals out of the ground, 3 more to apply for organic status. They are certified organic with the 2016 vintage onwards. In total they have 5 hectares and make 4000 cases of Grüner Veltliner wine.

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