Extra Brut Reserve

Description

Cellar

Harvest: selective harvest by hand in 20 kg crates 30th August until 21st September 2019
Maceration time: no, whole cluster pressing (yield: 50 liter juice from 100 kg grapes = Cuvée)
Pre-clarifying:     sedimentation 36-48 hours

1.fermentation:   Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks at 18-22° C, malolactic fermentation
Aging: in stainless steel tanks on full lees for 4 months, after racking in January another 5 months on fine lees in stainless steel tanks

second fermentation      
Bottling: July 2020
Lees aging: at least 24 months
First disgorgement date:  September 2022
Dosage: 2 g/l
Bottle aging: recommended between 6 & 18 months after disgorgement

Tasting note
Inviting foam profile and fine bubbles, wafting with notes of yeast dough, dumplings and dried dates. A mouth-filling sparkler with fine mousse, giving tones of apple strudel and lemon cake; bone dry with crisp acidity; pronounced, vibrant and vital with a long lemony finish. A top quality sparkling wine that develops superbly in the glass. (tasted by wine academic Johannes Fiala)

Grape Variety
38% Zweigelt, 22% Pinot Noir, 12% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Gris, 10% Pinot Blanc, 3% St. Laurent