Gut Oggau, Mechtild 2021

The top white cuvée of the domaine, made in tiny quantities from their oldest vines, with awesome structure and aging potential. Grapes: Gruner Veltliner Vineyard: 60+-year-old plot on limestone and slate. Biodynamically farmed by Steffi and Eddi Making of: the grapes are hand-harvested and destemmed, fermented on skins spontaneously in bigger old oak vats and painstakingly, carefully pressed on their more than 200 years old vertical press. Matured for 2 years in old 500-liter barrels. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, no SO2 added. Gut Oggau is a project in the small town of Oggau in Burgenland, Austria, started by Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe in 2007. Before starting the winery, Eduard made conventional wine with his father in Styria, and Stephanie’s family owned and operated the Michelin starred restaurant Taubenkobel. They painstakingly restored the 17th century winery that had been abandoned for 20 years, including its 200-year-old screw press. The vines’ 20-year period of neglect was