Prager Achleiten Stockkultur Grüner Veltliner

Grüner Veltliner Ried Achleiten Stockkultur Smaragd bottle image

Wine Description

These may well be the oldest vines in existence in the Wachau, planted in 1938. The Bodensteins acquired this vineyard and released their first wine from here in 2005. Single stalk trained, “Stockkultur”, in the old style, because these terraces are uneven and would never allow for a wire trained system anyway. Maintaining and repairing these old stake trained vines is a labor of love. In this wine are the complex aromas and deep savory characteristics only found in vines decades old planted to these infertile soils.

Prager Vineyards
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Acclaim
A parcel of old vines in the Achleiten Vineyard is trained on individual posts rather than wires. Somehow this brings out enormous minerality, the steely feel to the wine suggesting long aging.
— Wine Enthusiast, Oct 2010
“Very lush, with dense, ripe tropical fruit flavors that are rich and seductive. Creamy, with apple pie, pear tart and glazed apricot notes that linger on the finish with a hint of golden raisin.”
— Wine Spectator, Aug 2011
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
The Achleiten Stockkultur vineyard
Vineyard size
1 acres
Soil composition
Rocky and Silty-Loam
Training method
Bush
Elevation:
890-960 feet
Vines/acre:
5,800
Yield/acre:
1.4 tons
Exposure:
Southern / Southwestern
Year vineyard planted:
1937
Harvest time:
November
First vintage of this wine:
1999
Bottles produced of this wine:
1,600
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Grüner Veltliner
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
34 days
Fermentation temperature:
64 °F
Type of aging container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of aging before bottling:
8 months
Length of bottle aging:
2 months
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.3
Acidity:
6.9 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Dry extract:
32 g/L
Residual sugar:
4.2 g/L