About the Winemaker:
Heidi Schröck took over her family winery in 1983, in the historic village of Rust situated in the province of Burgenland about 5 miles from the Hungarian border. As Heidi explains “South-facing vineyards in a softly rolling landscape form an amphitheater around Rust on Lake Neusiedl bringing forth some of the best and most tradition-rich wines in Austria. Yearly hours of sunshine that lie much higher than the Austrian average combined with sandy soils mixed with clay and high calcium content provide the ideal prerequisites for impressive, full-bodied wines.”
About the Grape: Welschriesling probably origins from northern Italy, where it is known as the Riesling Italico. The closest relative is Elbling. The variety is also cultivated in Hungary (Olasz Rizling), Slovenia (Laski Riesling) and Croatia (Graševina).
Yields wines with a higher acidity. Dry Welschriesling wines are often very fresh with aromas of green apples and citrus. However, winegrowers have recently begun producing complex wines with good ageing potential by maturing them on the lees for a longer period of time. Prädikatswein made with this grape variety are considered to be some of the world’s greatest sweet wines. Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese both have exotic aromas in their bouquet and delicate notes of honey on the palate, underpinned by a characteristic level of acidity.
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