Wine Sheet
Type:
still wine
Color:
white
Appellation:
Austria (Wein aus Österreich)
Region:
Austria > Steiermark
Grape varieties
Sauvignon Blanc
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Age of the vines:
19
Soil:
loamy fine silt, gravel, humus
Vineyard or specific area:
Luttenberg
Harvest:
Unknown
Bottling:
Unknown
Elevage:
Neutral oak
Type of closure:
natural organic cork
Winemaking notes:
Cool spontaneous fermentation in toasted 600L oak barrels, 90% pressed after 3 days of maceration, 10% spends one month on the must.
Elevage details:
Matured in 600L oak barrels with batonnage and air symbiosis.
ABV:
12%
Total Acidity:
4.7g/l
Residual sugar:
0.2g/l
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 ...