Old Danube gravel and loess uniquely combined
Exotic fruit, juicy, gripping, creamy.
Good body, great length.
Origin
Austria, Kremstal DAC, Furth at Göttweig
Quality grade
ÖTW Erste Lage
Site
Ried Gottschelle 1ÖTW
Varietal
Grüner Veltliner
Wine Type
still wine | white | dry
Alcohol
13 %
Residual Sugar
4.2 g/l
Acid
6.8 g/l
Harvest and Maturing
Harvest
handpicked
Fermentation
spontaneous
large wooden barrel | used barrel
Maturing
large wooden barrel | used barrel
Vineyard
Geografical Orientation
north east, east
Soil
loess
calcareous
danube gravel
The flat-lying vineyard site is located at the foot of the Göttweig mountain, on an ancient terrace of the Danube River. The name relates to the word ‘Goetschen’ from the Salzburg region, which refers to sharp rocky projections on a mountain ridge. There is such a projection in the Gottschelle area, falling away steeply down towards the road to the village of Steinaweg. The vineyard was first documented (in 1341) as ‘Gotschalich’. The sandy-silty soils are derived from the underlying, highly calcareous, loess. The thick covering of loess was deposited over several stages of the Ice Age, as indicated by the intervening layers of gravel and ancient soils that are exposed in the ravine below the vineyard.
