'Reserve' St. Laurent

Region: Neusidelersee
Varietal: St. Laurent
Vineyard: 100% estate fruit from multiple sites around Tadten
Soil: The vines around Tadten are part of an enormous gravel bar that stretches more than five kilometers and formed more than two million years ago by the ancient riverbeds of the Danube. The soils are mineralic and layered with gravel, brown earth and occasionally sand
Vines: 20+ years average
Fermentation & Élevage: The grapes are pressed carefully after two weeks of fermentation in 2000-liter open fermentation vats. The wine is mostly aged in small, used oak barrels for a year then bottled after minimal filtration