Zillinger Velue Grüner Veltliner 2019
- Regular price
- €12,95
- Sale price
- €12,95
- Regular price
- €14,95
“Velue” is simply the old name for “Velm,” the village where Johannes harvests the grapes for this wine. The grapes are left to macerate on their skins for a few hours in open-top wooden fermenters at the winery, then fermentation occurs spontaneously in stainless steel tanks at 21–24 °C. After a slow, gentle five-hour pressing, the wine rests on fine lees for about six months. An exciting twist is added at the end, about 5% of pressed juice from the outstanding NUMEN Grüner Veltliner grapes, fermented via carbonic maceration, is incorporated, adding depth and superb structure to the wine. It is bottled unfiltered, unclarified, and with just a hint of added sulfur.
- Johannes Zillinger
- Austria
- Weinviertel
- white
Johannes Zillinger
Johannes Zillinger learned the craft of organic winemaking from his father at an early age, developing a philosophy that sees the vineyard not just as a plot of land, but as a living habitat. His father, Hans, who turned to organic viticulture in 1983, two years before the glycol scandal, became one of Austria’s early pioneers in the field.
Johannes took over the estate in 2012, carrying forward his father’s philosophy and elevating it by converting the 350-year-old estate to biodynamic farming. Today, the wines are f...
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