2022 Weingut Jurtschitsch Heiligenstein Erste Lage Riesling OTW, Kamptal, Austria Il Paradiso di Manfredi fermentation in sandstone 100L eggs

fermentation in sandstone 100L eggs and 400L barrel

Making of: the Chardonnay grapes are pressed and then settled for 12 hours and then blended with the Marc that has been aged 3 years in barrels (2/3 juice

it's his wife Michelle and her neighbor Claudine

Whole bunches in a sealed vat for two weeks semi-carbonic maceration before pressing

Vine Age: Planted in 1988

2022 Weingut Jurtschitsch Heiligenstein Erste Lage Riesling OTW, Kamptal, Austria Il Paradiso di Manfredi fermentation in sandstone 100L eggsHeiligenstein, the most famous vineyard in the Kamptal, is legendary for Riesling. The terraced south and southwest facing slope has a unique geological history and it's unusual that soil this old is at the surface of the earth. The outcropping bedrock consists of a reddish brown sandstone with a high feldspar content, coarse conglomerates, and minor siltstone. These sediments formed approximately 250 280 million years ago under arid conditions, in