Lower AustriaGrüner Veltliner Bürsting 2021

Ried Bürsting is one of our very finest Veltliners, thanks to the enormous potential of the site, a wine impressive for its spiciness and complexity. Concentrated and juicy with a fine overlay of spices, GV Bürsting needs a great deal of air to coax out all of its facets.

Ried Bürsting is situated on a wonderful high plateau at the end of an enchanting Kellergasse (the lovely Weinviertel cellar-lane). The moist and deep loam soil and the fifty-year-old vines (planted in the early 1960s) work as excellent partners in creating this distinctive wine with its exceptional character.

The warm soil and the low yields produce ripe grape material that is harvested in October in a state of high Spätlese ripeness. The grapes undergo stringent triage in the vineyard, then are harvested by hand into small bins (20kg capacity). The must enjoys twenty-four hours maceration on the skins to underscore the vineyard site, only briefly settled before fermenting spontaneously in used 500-litre oak casks and small stainless steel tanks.

Fowl, sweetbreads, baked dishes, smoked eel or trout, robust hard cheeses