Intensive purple with a small cherry-red rim, powerful viscosity, pleasant fragrance of blackberry and chocolate while aromas of ripe cherries, the humidor of a three-torques-restaurant, fresh thyme and cedar wood sparkle in the background, red currant tart and comparatively – and as a result of the vintage – slightly subdued toasty aromas.
The idea of beet-root risotto with smoked or goat cheese almost immediately enters one`s mind thinking of a main dish, rare- roasted sirloin steak, rich brochettes "Puszta secret", even for vegetarians. Peperonata with powerful smoked bacon or burgers with pork cutlet. Penne with lentils, leak & parsley. Home-made cheese-caraway-sticks or nut bread with summer butter and smoked sea salt, to match ripe Pecorino or Emmentaler matured in caves, and much more. In case, an open fire-place is not available, it pleases all the same in front of a Swedish stove.
Hand-picked end of september 2010 into small boxes: Blaufränkisch – predominantly from the sites Öden and Pandkräften, Cabernet from the sites Gillesberg and Ritter – both showing slate soils.
Separate harvesting, closed must fermentation at 31˚C, some days of additional maceration. Gentle pressing, malolactic fermentation, maturation in 300 l oak barrels for 12 months, mostly first filling.
| Serving temperature | 16–18° C |
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| Bottling | September 2011, final blending shortly before bottling |
| Alcohol | 13,5 Vol.% |
| Acidity | 5,6 g/l |
| Residual sugar | dry |
| Bottle sizes | 0,75l, Magnum, Double Magnum |