Ried Hoch Sernau Reserve 2019

2019 was a great vintage. The year was characterised by warm temperatures, sometimes with extended dry periods, a sunny autumn and fully ripe grapes. The nightly cooling in Hoch Sernau provided for a precise fruit and fresh acid structure.

Our Ried Hoch Sernau vineyard is a steep, high location near Gamlitz in southern Styria. Thanks to the southeast exposure, the vines enjoy full sun exposure while being simultaneously cooled by aromatic air currents, so that the grapes benefit from an extremely long vegetation phase.

Chardonnay is one of the most elegant grape varieties in the world - but only if you give it time and space to develop. After a gentle pressing and fermentation in stainless steel, we gave the wine the time and space to develop. The wine was matured for two years in new wooden barrels and another then spent another year in the bottle before it was released for sale.

Pasta with shaved truffles, spinach gnocchi with a thick layer of Parmesan cheese, puff pastry with mushroom farce, calf 's filet with a touch of foie gras, Black Tuna with a polka dot mayonnaise , baked sweetbread.

Luminous golden yellow, silver reflections. Fine spicy wood, nuances of ripe apple, underlaid with a little mango, delicate caramel and orange zest. Firm, tight-knit and mineral, nuances of white fruit, fine acidity, salty finish, lingers for a long time, has reliable aging potential. - Peter Moser, Falstaff