Wine Sheet
Type:
still wine
Color:
white
Appellation:
Austria (Wein aus Österreich)
Region:
Austria > Steiermark
Grape varieties
Traminer, Muscaris, Sauvignon Blanc, Muskateller
40% Muscaris, 25% Traminer, 25% Mukateller, 10% Sauvignon Blanc.
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Age of the vines:
7-20
Soil:
loam, clay, gravel and sand, volcanic sub soil
Vineyard or specific area:
Alte Riede, Kreuzfeld, Luttenberg
Harvest:
Unknown
Bottling:
Unknown
Elevage:
Georgian kvevri (burried), Terracota amphora
Type of closure:
natural organic cork
Winemaking notes:
Spontaneous fermentation outside buried qvevri. Maceration: 150 days. Wine goes through malolactic fermentation. Each variety is fermented separately, then the wine are blended.
Elevage details:
150 days outside in Gerogian kvevri on skins and full lees, then moved to terracota amphora and matured for 30 months on fine lees
ABV:
12.5%
Production (~bottles per year):
500
Ploder Rosenberg is a family estate located in Vulkanland Steiermark It spans over 11 hectares 27 acres of vineyards With Manuel Ploder the winery is now in its third generation but the real pivot happened in 2005 when the family converted to biodynamic farming and started to focus on PiWi fungus resistant varieties Today 70 to 75 percent of their vineyards are planted with PiWis with Souvignier Gris being the primary grape With Manuel s takeover in 2011 the winery took the next step in its development He changed the style and started pursuing low intervention winemaking He is joined by his partner Selina Weratschnig but is also still aided by his parents Maria and Aldred Manuel and Selina are free spirited individuals often seen walking barefoot and ...