Ried Gaisberg 1 ÖTW Kammern
Grüner Veltliner 2023
Kamptal DAC
TASTING NOTE
A wonderful, youthful nose of orange blossoms and bergamot with delicate baking spices and great leesy complexity. Then stunning concentration and elegance on the precisely contoured, medium-bodied palate. Superlong, very stony finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
STUART PIGOTT – James Suckling
13,0 Vol %, large oak cast/stainless steel
Biodynamic according to Respekt – AT-BIO-402
RATINGS
James Suckling: 97 points
Falstaff: 94 points
THE SITE
The slopes of this wine-growing area vineyard extend eastwards from the Heiligenstein mountain; they have a clear southerly aspect and an average gradient of about 11%.
The low-lying areas have highly calcareous chernozem soils with fragments of crystalline rocks, derived from the underlying loess which in turn overlies gravel beds. The upper parts of the slopes consist predominantly of gneiss with amphibolite lenses, and occasional remnants of loess. The overlying soil is a calcareous brown earth with varying proportions of coarse material. Where the brown earth rests directly on gneiss it is generally non-calcareous but it may be calcareous where it has developed on amphibolite.
Although this winter brought some cold periods too, it was extremely dry. After a warmer-than-average February, the long-awaited heavy rainfall finally arrived in April and May, coupled with fairly low temperatures. This in turn led to a positive delay in budding and flowering that we had not experienced in recent years. As a result, the course was set for later grape ripening and therefore a later harvest.
Our vines coped very well with the heat of the following summer months. Rainfall in August and just before the harvest meant that the grapes ripened perfectly, allowing us to harvest quickly without any interruptions.
We can therefore look forward to a great series, characterised by clarity, tension and the perfect balance.
Available formats: 0,75 l / 1,5 l / 3,0 l / 6,0 l
