Carnuntum 150cl

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The regional Carnuntum is made predominantly from Blaufrankisch and complemented by smaller amounts of Syrah and Zweigelt.

No use of sulphur on the grapes which ferment with wild yeasts and macerate very softly in large wooden fermenters without using any mechanical tools. Grapes and must are neither heated nor cooled. During the wine’s two years of maturation, they make only one soutirage – for the rest of the time, the wine simply matures slowly. The result is an impressive wine, with seductive fruit, finesse and tempting acidity. 

The end of spring 2019 was cool and humid, which provided enough water to the soils for a long and very dry summer. Autumn, too, was dry and sunny, but the weather became chilly quite early. With all these ups and downs, in the end, the vintage brought ideal conditions for an outstanding vintage that shows complexity, density and elegant freshness at the same time.

2018 was a year of extremes: very fast flowering, then a cooler period with some rains until the end of June. Followed by a very dry and very hot summer. They had to cut off grapes from young vines to prevent them from dying. The old vines with their deep roots, though, were less impressed by the heat. At the beginning of September, just before harvest, they had big rains which caused some problems in flat vineyards. But on the stony and dry vineyards on the higher Spitzerberg, those rains even were beneficial, as they reduced the stress and helped to soften the tannins. 

This result is a beautiful complex and dense wine which is at the same time refreshing, cheerful and light-footed. An ideal expression of limestone terroir.