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 Zweigelt "Rubin Carnuntum"
Although the Romans, who once founded and inhabited Carnuntum, naturally did not know any Zweigelt, they would certainly have enjoyed this vine, which is up to 45 years old. This wine in the spirit of the Heidentor has everything you could want from a versatile, strong red wine. Color, scent, body and beautiful extract sweetness that always makes you want to take another sip. In short: a classic for every day and every occasion.
- 2021
- Zweigelt
- Austria
- Carnuntum
- Certified Organic by LACON
- Southeast
- danube gravel, chalk, sand
- 12 months 500 litre barrels, no racking, no finings
- hand-picked, destemmed without crushing the skins, natural yeast, 28 °C, soft remontage and maceration for 14 days
- 1.2
- 750 ml
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