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Wine Description
The Story
Vineyard name: Ried Kollmütz
Vineyard size: 103 acres
Soil composition: Gneiss and Rocky
Elevation: 726-1,188 feet
Vines/acre: 1800
Yield/acre: 1.2-2.2 tons
Exposure: Southern
Year vineyard planted: 1960-1970
Average Vine Age: 40+ years
First vintage of this wine: 1971
Bottles produced of this wine: 4,000-8,000
TERROIR
Rooted in steep stone terraces, vines more than forty years old yield wines that couple exacting minerality with complex fruit flavours.
The soils of Ried Kollmütz developed out of the Wösendorf Slide Mass, from severely weathered crystalline rock called paragneiss. Paragneiss was formed from metamorphosed sediments, created under extreme conditions of increased pressure and heat during the Variscan orogeny, becoming exposed once more after extensive erosion of the erstwhile mountain range. The paragneisses of the Wachau are several hundred million years old and are distinguished by their multifacetted mineral constituents.
The slumping process of the slide mass itself is dated by geologists to the Egerian Period (ca. 20–25 million years ago). The sandy and calcareous soils of the Kollmütz are particularly rich in iron, manganese and magnesium.
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
Length of aging before bottling: 5 months
Length of bottle aging: 1 month
Wine Information
Alcohol: 13.5 %
Residual sugar: 1.0 g/L
Acidity: 5.1% g/L
