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Essentials
Region
Austria
Appellation
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Grapes
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Soil
loamy fine silt, gravel, humus
Facts
ABV
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Residual Sugar
0.2 g/L
Sulfite Level
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Total Acidity
5.4 g/L
Production (Bottles)
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The vineyard
Luttenberg
Age of the wines
13
Altitude
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Size
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The cellar
Spontaneous fermentation in toasted 600L oak barrels, 20% spends one month on the must.
Vessel
Neutral oak
Elevage
12 months on full lees in 600L oak barrel, then racked into a large oak barrel where it sits on fine lees until bottling.
Type of closure
natural organic cork
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 ...