Our older vintages
Alte Reben
Grüner Veltliner
2015
Kamptal DAC Reserve
Rich and generous right from the beginning, some forest honey and rye bread, but also lush stone fruit notes; creamy and inviting with a smooth flow – strong but with fine lines, surprisingly animated and fresh, muscular and firmly woven. Works really well on the palate and shows plenty of pepper in its lengthy finish. Quite a future.
“Alte Reben” means “old vines” and designates a wine sourced from our oldest vineyards with vines averaging 50 years. Older vines are less productive, forming fewer and smaller grapes that profit from a well developed root system. This root system reaches deeply into the ground and supplies its fruit with potent nourishment. As a consequence, wines of these vineyards are extremely flavourful with enormous concentration.
Awards
- 93/100
- Falstaff Weinguide 2016/2017
Maturation
Grapes were harvested only in October in healthy condition. The wine fermented in used (2-3 years old) 300 litre Austrian oak casks. After fermentation it was racked into used 2500 litre barrels (2-3 years old) for further maturation.
Food pairing recommendation
Very versatile with food, matches ideally with classic Austrian cuisine, such as Tafelspitz (boiled Silverside), Backhendl (Austrian fried Chicken), or Wiener Schnitzel, vegetables, when a bit more matured (3-5 years) with gratins, diverse fish-dishes, also marinated fish and seafood, smoked salmon and trout etc., as well as with many Pan-Asian dishes.