Josef Fischer Gruner Veltliner 'Ried Kreuzberg' Smaragd Wachau 2021

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Josef Fischer Gruner Veltliner 'Ried Kreuzberg' Smaragd Wachau 2021The north facing, partly terraced Kreuzberg vineyard perches above Rossatz at a maximum slope of 59%, covering 27. 05 hectares of paragneiss littered with amphibolite. Kreuzberg produces a profoundly stony and austere version of Grner Veltliner, and Fischer employs used barrels between 500 and 1500 liters for 50% of the blend in order to mitigate the sites tendency toward severity. Carrying a wisp of residual sugar, this masterful wine is nearly

marked by a profoundly savory minerality and graceful red fruits

plus an additional four or more years in bottle before release

planted between 2008 and 2011

” combined with the elegance-enhancing character of the new source vineyard

a further “trie” occurs upon entry to the chai

accented by subtle floral notes and savoy spice

bottled without fining or filtering

the sensation one experiences is of drinking a scintillatingly dry wine

Both remontage and pigeage are done but the degree to which they are practiced depends on the structure of each vintage

the average age of these vines is now approximately 35 years

allowing for full expression of the fruit

Vodopivec’s Vitovska exemplifies the murmuring