Item Number: 7072 UPC: 9008519101219

Country: Austria
Region: Lower Austria Sub Region: Wachau
Appellation/AVA: Wachau
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vintage: 2012
Grape(s): 100% Riesling
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12
Vineyard Information: Grapes sourced from different vineyards at the foot of the mountain.

Classification: "Federspiel” is the category for those wines with a weight of must of 17° KMW and an alcohol strength between 11,5 ans 12,5vol.%. These wines are without exception classically dry fermented and represent specialties which can only be reached in good years and excel with their fruity character and powerful delicacy. Wines of the definition “Federspiel” join the “Steinfeder” type and can be produced from every white grape of good quality grown in the Wachau. Additionally to the legal requirements these wines are subject to the strict inspections of “Vinea Wachau”. The name “Federspiel” was inspired by the term for bringing back the bird of prey to its falconer during hunt – falconry was an old lorldy custom widely spread in the Wachau.

Winemaking Notes: The yield for the wine is set depending on growing conditions and variety and varies every year with a legal max of 9,000 kg/ha. Harvesting by hand. Selective harvest; no use of sorting tables. No destemming. Cultured and natural yeast used for fermentation in cask and stainless steel tanks. Fermentation lasted 5-10 days. 3 months aging on the lees, twice racked.

Tasting Notes: Peaches and minerality in the nose, stone fruits, crisp acidity. Let the wine flow.