GRAPES: Bronner, Souvignier Gris and Muscaris
SKIN CONTACT: 4 weeks
REGION: Styria, AUSTRIA
Producer information: Franz Strohmeier is a very philosophical winemaker, always making the decisions that express terroir in the most natural way. He is constantly tinkering with his 8 hectares of vines to find better and more natural methods. For example, he used whey (the liquid part of milk produced during cheese production) to spray his grapes instead of copper sulfate. He has some portion of his grapes growing wild, without pruning, that produce very small, intensely flavored grapes.
Vinification method: The grapes are hand-harvested and carefully selected, with only healthy, ripe grapes retained. Fermented on skins for 6 weeks before pneumatic pressing. Bottled after 12 months in a used wooden barrel. This wine is unfined, unfiltered, and has no sulfur added.
Tasting notes: medium-bodied, orange peel, green peach, and juniper berries.
Pairings: wild mushroom risotto
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