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Karl and Eva Schnabel, Silicium 2023
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Producer: Karl & Eva Schnabel
Region: Südsteiermark
Grapes: Morillon (Chardonnay), Riesling
Style: White
ALC: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From a small plot planted in the Hochegg vineyard. Macerated until the end of fermentation, so around 2 weeks, then aged in old wood with occasional battonage for 1 year. You can feel the barrel ageing on the nose, but with a bit of time this opens up and softens. Spiced with notes of clove and anise, moving to a burnt caramel intensity.
Region: Südsteiermark
Grapes: Morillon (Chardonnay), Riesling
Style: White
ALC: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From a small plot planted in the Hochegg vineyard. Macerated until the end of fermentation, so around 2 weeks, then aged in old wood with occasional battonage for 1 year. You can feel the barrel ageing on the nose, but with a bit of time this opens up and softens. Spiced with notes of clove and anise, moving to a burnt caramel intensity.
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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