2022 Weingut Jurtschitsch Heiligenstein Erste Lage Riesling OTW, Kamptal, Austria Il Paradiso di Manfredi Vine Age: Planted in 1988

Vine Age: Planted in 1988

I  was getting shorted on all of my contracts in the first push of the harvest season

but the bottling of their wine began only in 1989

Vines: Ungrafted

Making of: the Chardonnay grapes are pressed and then settled for 12 hours and then blended with the Marc that has been aged 3 years in barrels (2/3 juice

2022 Weingut Jurtschitsch Heiligenstein Erste Lage Riesling OTW, Kamptal, Austria Il Paradiso di Manfredi Vine Age: Planted in 1988Heiligenstein, the most famous vineyard in the Kamptal, is legendary for Riesling. The terraced south and southwest facing slope has a unique geological history and it's unusual that soil this old is at the surface of the earth. The outcropping bedrock consists of a reddish brown sandstone with a high feldspar content, coarse conglomerates, and minor siltstone. These sediments formed approximately 250 280 million years ago under arid conditions, in