RIED HAIDACKER 1ÖTW EXCALIBUR
Carnuntum DAC
Zweigelt | Merlot | Cabernet Sauvignon
Single Vineyard 1ÖTW
TASTING NOTE
Deep, juicy, dark cherry fruit with a delicate note of nougat and dark chocolate. Full body, powerful and elegant. Fine precious wood spice, tobacco appeal. Wonderfully concentrated, long creamy finish. Nougat in the aftertaste, fine acid structure with velvety tannins.
VINIFICATION
Hand picking and pre-selection in the vineyard. Optical sorting of the grapes at the winery. Natural fermentation in large wooden fermenters. Gentle manual punch downs and pumpovers of the grapes several times a day. 21 -24 days on the skin. Natural malolactic fermentation in new French oak barrels. Aging for 18 months in new barriques on full lees. Unfiltered and unfined, minimal sulphur addition.
Ripeness of the grapes 22.0 °KMW
Alcohol in % vol 14.5
Acid in g/l 5.7
Residual sugar in g/l 1.0
Ried Haidacker 1ÖTW Excalibur
Food Recommendations
Strong Meat Dishes
Beef Steak, Game, Pies
Lamb with Rosemary Potatoes
Wine Region
Carnuntum DAC
Vineyard
Single Vineyard
Erste Lage
Ried Haidacker 1ÖTW
Goettlesbrunn
Ried Haidacker is the gentle foothills of the Danube gravel chain of hills in Göttlesbrunn. Around 10 million years ago, the very gently sloping north-eastern location was an extensive landscape of lakes and rivers with alluvial forests.
Soil
Very calcareous and deep soil from sandy partly silty-clayey and gravelly sediments.
Reviews 🏆
Ried Haidacker 1ÖTW Excalibur 2017 | Falstaff 93 points
Ried Haidacker 1ÖTW Excalibur 2018 | Falstaff 93 points
Ried Haidacker 1ÖTW Excalibur 2019 | Falstaff 93 Points