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Wine Description
The Story
Yields are kept low between 30 and 35 hectoliters per hectare with botrytis carefully removed by hand. Grapes are crushed by foot and receive between three and 36 hours of maceration on the skins. Vinification is entirely in stainless-steel tanks and malolactic fermentation is avoided.
Hochrain, a name meaning "high place," is a southeast-facing terraced vineyard in Wösendorf sitting between 200 and 300 meters of elevation. The vineyard consists of an unusually high content of loess, a mineral-laden soil that produces wines that are especially broad and rich.
Vineyard name: Ried Hochrain
Vineyard size: 53 acres
Soil composition: Gneiss, Rocky, and Loess
Training method: Cane-pruned
Elevation: 726-1,188 feet
Vines/acre: 1,800
Yield/acre: 1.2-2.16 tons
Exposure: Southern
Year vineyard planted: 1970
Average Vine Age: 40+ years
WINEMAKING
Prefermentation technique: Cold soak
Time on its skins: 18 hours
Fermentation container: Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation: 14 days
Fermentation temperature: 64-72 °F
Malolactic fermentation: no
Fining agent: Vegan
Type of aging container: Stainless steel tanks
Size of aging container: 1000-5000L
Length of aging before bottling: 7 months
Length of bottle aging: 1 month