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Karl and Eva Schnabel, Rotburger Kreuz 2021
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Producer: Karl & Eva Schnabel
Region: Südsteiermark
Grapes: Rotburger
Style: Red
ALC: 11.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The fruit here comes from the Kreuzegg vineyard which is dominated by siliceous primary rock. Macerated until the end of fermentation, so around 2 weeks, then aged in old oak barrels with occasional battonage for 1 year. Delicately aromatic (dried rose petals) and saline with burnished tannins. This opens up with unctuous, plummy fruit.
Region: Südsteiermark
Grapes: Rotburger
Style: Red
ALC: 11.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The fruit here comes from the Kreuzegg vineyard which is dominated by siliceous primary rock. Macerated until the end of fermentation, so around 2 weeks, then aged in old oak barrels with occasional battonage for 1 year. Delicately aromatic (dried rose petals) and saline with burnished tannins. This opens up with unctuous, plummy fruit.
Südsteiermark - Austria
Karl and Eva welcomed us to their beautiful corner of South Styria at the end of March 2024 when the cold of winter hadn't quite left the slopes of the Sausal mountain that juts above their home and cellar.
Their house was once a roadside inn started by Karl's maternal grandfather. Here, copious amounts of wine was consumed by local customers and in an astute act of busi
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