Kamptal DACRiesling Ried Seeberg 1ÖTW 2014

Warm-spicy nose of porcini mushrooms and forest soil, subtle nut notes, blood oranges with floral accents, quite elegant, some fire stone, slightly exotic; lots of fruit, peach, papaya and sugar melon with a touch of vanilla, taut and compact, delicate, racy, rather long finish.

The Seeberg lies directly across from the Heiligenstein. In both vineyard sites there is, almost without exception, Riesling. There may be only about one kilometer between their terraces, yet the two are as far apart in geological and sensory terms than as if they were in different hemispheres.

The vines on the Seeberg are south-facing. There is no lack of light and sun here, yet the harvest is usually late in the season. This is a result of the continuously blowing north wind, which provides a cooling counterpoint in the vineyards and keeps the acidity and tension high in the grapes.

1/3 of the grapes were destemmed and soaked on the skins for 48 hours; 2/3 of the grapes (whole bunches) spent 12 hours in the closed press.