Riesling Ried Dr. Wunsch

2022


Wine Classification: Single Vineyard (STK Cru)
Alcohol: 13,0% Vol. Alk.


Winner category Riesling 2022 rich, full body with 98/100 points (A la Carte Grand Cru Tasting Riesling): „The Wohlmuth family always cultivated Riesling in the Kitzeck area. With planting the vineyard Dr. Wunsch they established a single vineyard with slate soil in extremely steep exposure. The result is a great, tight and straight Riesling.“
95/100 Falstaff points
92/100 James Suckling points 

 

 

Wine description: Concentrated aromas of mandarin, pineapple, apricot and lime zest, complex minerality
Location: Ried Dr. Wunsch
Soil: red quartzite slate
Winemaking: Very late and selective hand-picked, short maceration time, gentle and slow whole-grape pressing, spontaneous fermentation in old wooden casks. After fermentation ageing on the yeast for 10 months.
Altitude: 500-550m
Steepness: up to 100% gradient
Drinking temperature: 12 °C

Wine Classification: Riedenwein (Single Vineyard Wines)

These highly expressive wines give strong voice to the terroir of their specific Ried. As STK members, the Rieds are divided into Erste and Große STK Rieds. Wines from Erste STK Rieds must be matured for a minimum of 12 months in large wooden casks, while wines from Große STK Rieds must be granted at least 18 months. Singular wines of tremendous aging potential.