Bathory white blend I
€15.00
Danube Wine Challenge 2023 – Silver Medal
Classification: Dry white wine
Wine family: Bathory
Grape variety: Grüner Veltliner ’21 (70%), Grüner Veltliner ’20 (10%), Rizling rýnsky (20%)
Sugar content of must: 22 °NM at all the grapetypes
Alcohol by volume: 13 %
Residual sugar: 2,3 g/l
Acidity: 5,4 g/l
Vineyard: Szentlászló Vineyard (Bátorove Kosihy, Slovakia), organic farming and biological protection
Soil: loamy, clay, loess soil
Winemaking process: hand – picked, controlled fermentation at lower temperatures, 40% one year in new french oak barrels sur lie, unfiltered
Aroma and taste: The Grüner Veltliner ’21 proved to be outstanding, strongly spicy, while the terroir where it comes from was also easily recognizable in it. It comes from a sandy-clay soil, as Béla Hamvas wrote: “..it is filled with tiny star particles, and these particles starts to dance in the person’s blood like the Milky Way coming to life.” – and that was exactly our feeling during tasting. With the wines Grüner Veltliner ’20 and Riesling ’22 we strengthened the body and acidity of the wine to create a harmonious, elegant yet serious wine. We have specially chosen an oak barrel for this wine, which, thanks to its origin and processing, increases the wine’s minerality and varietal character. The sur lie ageing is also clearly noticeable, which gives the wine fullness and creaminess. Precipitation of tartrate crystals or sediment is the result of a natural process; it does not affect the quality of the wine.
Food pairing: spring vegetables and pepper as ingredients, tenderloin, ravioli with pumpkin sauce, exotic spices, cream soups, Asian cuisine
Serving temperature: between 10 – 12 °C
Bottle maturity: 2 – 8 years
Bottle capacity: 0,75 L
Wine suitable for histamine sensitive people (total content under 0,25mg/l).
