Vintage
2018
Grape variety
Zweigelt
Type of wine
Type 6: Red wines - classicAnalytical data
Price ex-cellars
9.00 €
Umathum
Drinking window
from 2020 to 2028
Élevage
Large wooden cask
Information on location and soil
grown in mineral rich, stony soil in the country surrounding the village of Frauenkirchen a very warm and dry soil adds a mineral taste
Information on maturation
With the skins in order to macerate the red colour and the tannins of the grapes in tanks by overpumping the juice during the fermentation period, temperature between 28 to 32 degrees C, after about two week the young wine is put into wooden casks where the malolactic fermentation takes place. The wine ages for about a year in old wooden casks in order to reach stability for bottling and maturation.
Smell
spicy in the nose impressions of pepper and cherries
Taste
on the palate flavorings of cherries and raspberries with fine, long and balanced finish
Food recommendation
goes well with dark meat, game and pasta