Nigl Gruner Veltliner Privat Erste Lage Pellingen Senftenberg 2021 750 ML

With a bedrock of mica schist, the vines here are 35-45 years old. This steep terrace site in Senftenberg is classified as an “Erste Lage.” elevage takes place in wooden casks and stainless steel.Year in and year out, one of the top wines of Nigl. The 2021 is quite rich, with stone fruit, crushed rocks, and a long finish. This is a vintage that you can drink now, although it will certainly evolve over the next 6 to 8 years. Pair it with something savory and rich like a lobster pot pie.The winemaker’s “best part” is working in the vineyard. Here, on the one hand, it is the most up-to-date knowledge and many years of experience, and on the other hand, passion for the profession and intuition in dealing with the vines, the soil and the climatic conditions in each individual location that guarantee the best possible grapes year after year. “It is not an art to make a powerful wine with 14% alcohol in the cellar. The art is to create a wine with 12% and to get everything that it brings from the vineyard intact into the bottle: fruit, finesse, elegance, density and minerality.”