ViennaRiesling Ried Steinberg Grinzing 1ÖTW 2020

Brilliant yellow – green with silver highlights. Attractive notes of peach mingle with passion fruit, floral notes and a kiss of lemon. Full-bodied and simultaneously vibrant due to a juicy, elegantly delineated structure. Salty notes come in on the finish of this complex wine. Good ageing potential.

The grapes for the Ried Steinberg Riesling 2018 come from an old vineyard in Grinzing, right next to the famous Nussberg, facing south and overlooking beautifully the city of Vienna. The soil is comprised of limestone and generous clay content with a very high content of chalk.

Like all our vineyards also this one is treated the biodynamic way after the rules of Rudolph Steiner, the founder of biodynamic agriculture. After meticulous grape selection via hand-picking, the grapes for the Ried Steinberg Riesling 2018 were macerated for about six hours before being carefully pressed to get as much of the Riesling Aromas as possible. The pre-clarified must underwent medium-cool fermentation with its indigenous yeast and maturation in steel tanks in order to accentuate the racy, fruity character as good as possible. Following a moderate amount of time on the fine lees, the wine was bottled without any fining and for that reason this wine is also vegan.