Blaufränkisch

Vintage

2010

Description

Purple with a dark violet rim. Intensive nose of cherries and black pepper. Stewed sour cherries completed by a hint of vanilla and lilac, spicy-dense, sun-warmed blackberries. Dry, vivacious-juicy Blaufränkisch-fruit, very classic style, finely-wound tannin structure, inviting flavours of dark berries and cherries with a zesty-animating finish. To us “classic” means intensively fruity and powerful. Juice and power deriving from chalky loam soils. “Lifeblood” starts in the fruity-dense range!

Accompanying ideas

We start out with the always excellent Martini-goose, continue with peppered Pecorino and mature Emmentaler and finish with Linguine and nut Pesto, match it with roasted deer liver and paprika partridge. Extra tip:  matches perfectly with goulash of boned shank. Don`t forget the Chorizo butter bread. Let`s try some bean stew – with lavish chilli – and finish with a generous sip of Blaufränkisch from perfect Blaufränkisch soils – we are not on the run….

Ratings

Vinaria Jungweinatlas PLV (exceptional value for money)
BEST BUY under € 8,00 with 16 points

Technical Specification

Serving temperature 15 - 17˚C, decanting increases drinking pleasures
Harvest End of September and beginning of October 2010. Hand-picked into small boxes, loamy soils from the sites Gmärck, large Öden, Mitterkräftn and Pandkräftn and Oberer Wald.
Processing De-stemming, closed must fermentation at approximately 30˚C, 3 days of maceration after completed fermentation followed by gentle pressing. Malolactic fermentation in large, used oak casks.
Bottling March 2011
Alcohol 13,1 Vol.%
Acidity 5,2 g/l
Residual sugar dry
Bottle sizes 100% screw cap for 0,75l-bottles and Magnums
cork closure for Double Magnums
German version