Trapl
2020 Karpatenschiefer
- Producer
- Trapl
- Appellation
- Carnuntum, Austria
- Vintage
- 2020
- Composition
- 100% Grüner Veltliner
- Climate
- Cool Continental
- Soils
- Limestone with small schist inclusions.
- Maceration & aging
- fermented in 430 liter Georgian qvevri. 60-90 days maceration, maturation for 6 months in 50% used oak barrels and 50% in qvevri.
- Alcohol
- 10.5%
- Residual sugar
- 1.1 g/l
- Acidity
- 4.9 g/l
Notes & Pairings
The 10.5% alcohol doesn’t reference residual sugar or reflect being picked way too early. Somehow this wine pulls off extended maceration, relatively short aging, and is remarkably alive. It goes through many stages after opening and none of them require drinking fast and cold. Literally “Carpathian schist,” this is 100% Grüner Veltliner from the Spitzerberg planted in 1970. Grapes were hand harvested, destemmed, and then gently macerated between 60-90 days in a 430 liter Georgian qvevri (above ground). Following maceration and fermentation, the wine was aged in both used Oak and Qvevri for 6 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with total SO2 under 10ppm, this can be decanted with confidence and really enjoyed.