Koppitsch, Rét 2021 750ml

Personality: A joyful celebration of Austrian red varietals and bright light style of red wines – fruity and spicy with great drinkability.

Vineyard: Hutweide and Prädium plots on top of the Wagram-Plateau. Mostly sandy soil underneath a very thick layer of gravel, alluvial soil from the ancient Danube river. Healthy but poor and very dry and early-ripening. Planted 1988 – 2002, a total surface of 1.86 hectares.

Making of: The grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, and fermented naturally on skins for 6 days. Pressed into stainless steel (Zweigelt + St.Laurent) and large acacia vats (Zweigelt), where they matured on gross lees for 9 months without any additives, without fining, and without filtration, or temperature control. Blended together shortly before bottling. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, no SO2 addition since the 2020 vintage.