This Austrian wine was served at the Tempo wine bar in Sandnes, Norway last week.
Proidl proudly proclaim that the most important treatments in the processing of their wines are patience, tasting and observing. And this, they do in the Kremstal, Niederösterreich. Their ancestors emigrated from Germany, near Bremen, in 1650, and they have been making wine in Senftenberg since 1738.
Some keywords are spontaneous fermentation, moving the wines by force of gravity, stirring of the lees and long intervals of maturation sur lie. They have dispensed with any unnecessary additives, any frequent agitation, all pumps and, as they say on their website, “any hysterical filtration procedures”.
The grapes were harvested by hand at the beginning of September, gentle whole-cluster pressing, fermentation in stainless steel and subsequent maturing for three months on the lees.
Senftenberg Grüner Veltliner Freiheit 2022 (Proidl)
Light straw colour. Aroma of peach, lime, herbs and anise. Medium-bodied with good acidity and some white pepper. Good balance and quite uncomplicated drinking at a high level of quality.
Price: Medium