Opaque purple with a dark cherry-coloured rim, generous viscosity. Multi-dimensional aroma spectrum such as ripe heart cherries, cooled blackberry juice. Laurel, Phoenician (=cedar wood), black pepper, hibiscus, pepper again, a lot of Christmas, herbal potpourri, particularly cinnamon and cloves, notes of blackthorn, hints of juniper. Enormous structure and power, lavishly. Animating fruit sweetness, yet supported by rust minerality, fierce. Long finish with promising potential. Top ageing prognosis.
Beans stew with smoked paprika powder, glazed roast beef with pepper cherries, a generous slice of Bison, goose of any kind (smoked goose breast with juniper, goose salami, roasted goose), Mangaliza brochettes with smoked bacon and olives, wild boar escalope with paprika, kebab of wild boar and goat, matured Pecorino, Porchetta with classical herbs. Accompanies decisive moments of the movie “Cordoba again” by Johann K – from dusk till dawn… those who still disbelieve: taste it blind with the best Blaufränkisch wines of Burgenland, thus the world. “That´s it” Ostbahn-Kurti would probably say – as a man of world!
Manual harvest into small boxes end of september 2015 from the single vineyards Plachen (loess brown earth) and Oberer Wald (loam on chalk), Riegelband (slate weathering soil) as well as large Öden (slate brown earth with loamy sand) and the wonderful upper Bandkräftn as the heart of the vineyard area.
De-stemming, mash fermentation in closed stainless steel tanks at a temperature of approximately 29 °C (86 °F) for 14 days followed by 4 additional days, gentle pressing, malolactic fermentation and maturation in 300 l oak barrels (approx8imately 50% new). Marriage and short final maturation in large wooden casks.
| Serving temperature | 16–17 °C (60–62 °F), certainly benefits from a voluminous glass of renowned production |
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| Bottling | April 2017 |
| Alcohol | 14,5 Vol.% |
| Acidity | 6,3 g/l |
| Residual sugar | dry |
| Bottle sizes | 0,75l up to 3l |