Grüner

Variety: Grüner Veltliner

Region: Neusiedlersee, Burgenland, Austria

Winery: Artisan Wines

• Organic and sustainable farming

• Natural yeast fermentation

• Fresh, light & clean, stone fruit notes with green apple aromas.

• 11.5% ABV

• 750ml

Sustainable Viticulture is Artisan Wines strategic approach in optimising grape quality. Franz Schneider is the man behind these forward thinking and low intervention focused wines. An ex aeronautical engineer turned winemaker, his wine making is geeky, adventurous and forward thinking. This is a family run project, using integrated cultivation of the vineyards they apply a combined mix of biological and mechanical actions to minimise the intervention and CO2 output.

All their vineyards have natural cover crops which haven’t been plowed for 15 years with copper use well below the biodynamic thresholds (1.5kg per season).

This wine hails from 9-68 yr old vines in the Cru Kaiserberg, and is one of the best sites in Halbturn with deep fertile soils and a very good water retention capability as base for perfectly ripe grapes. The wine produced with these kind of grapes shows a subtle structure with aromas of ripe yellow apples and pears.

Gently pressed, fermented under controlled temperatures in tanks with short maturation on the fine lees, no malolactic fermentation. The wine goes through a natural ferment (The last inoculated ferment was in 2014 because of a cold / wet year).

The wine has gone through occasional battonage and light filter.

A delicate and fresh wine, easy drinking with lovely notes of stone fruits and green apple.