Grassl
Carnuntum | Göttlesbrunn
Young, ambitious, passionate winemakers like Philipp Grassl are authoring the transformation of Carnuntum from unfashionable backwater to a place capable of producing exciting site-specific, mineral wines. Austria’s only red-wine dominant region, Carnuntum’s mix of mix of alluvial soils, loess, limestone, and gravel give terroir-obsessed winemakers like Grassl much to work with, as the region benefits from the tempering by the Danube River of the Pannonian climate’s hot summers and cold winters. Working with Zweigelt and St. Laurent, Grassl’s approach in the cellar is to do very little, letting vineyard and vintage speak for themselves.
Grassl 2021 St. Laurent "Alte Reben"
The best grapes for the Sankt Laurent Reserve ripen in the perfectly sun-exposed Bärnreiser location, from which our premium cuvée of the same name also comes. “Thanks” to the vines, which are over half a century old and which find ideal conditions on the well-aerated, chalky, gravelly soils, the yields here are relatively low. The grape quality is very good even in mixed years, and simply sensational in large years.
- 2021
- St. Laurent
- Austria
- Carnuntum
- Organic in transition by LACON
- Ried Bärnreiser Erste Lage
- Southeast
- chalky limestone, danube gravel, sandy loam
- 18 months 500 litre barrels and burgundy piece, no racking, no finings, 30% new
- hand-picked, destemmed without crushing the skins, natural yeast, 28 °C, soft remontage and maceration for 20 days
- 1
- 750 ml
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