Gelber Muskateller 2014

Gelber Muskateller 2014

VINARIA Guide 2014/15

★ ★ ★

A la Carte Magazin

91

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Tasting

Straw yellow. Animating, floral, fine. Fragrant – a real composition: yellow peach, nutmeg, mandarin, fresh Muscat grapes, lemon candy, ethereal. Intensive and inviting. Fruity prospects – a bouquet in the very sense of the word! Dry, with the juicy acidity of a conqueror and chiselled. Elegant finesse and silky texture, fine Muscat spiciness. White flowers and a subtle finish with a hint of elder blossoms, accompanied by some anise and fennel seeds. A classy Muscat from the silicate soils in Rust – year for year -distinctive with its slight touch of lemon. And that´s what people here know for centuries!

Pairing

Roscoff onion tarte Tatin with rucola and goat cheese, Thanksgiving bird with celery. As animating aperitif prior to a private concert by Ostbahnkurti. Gives relieve during longer periods of heat. A wonderful companion to a fine herb-flavoured cuisine, stewed tomatoes with laurel, terrines of goat milk cheese, light salads, lemon-peach salad, fennel breadsticks. And to be honest: would you turn down a nice Muscat-spritzer? Vibrating fruity flatterer with an obsessive potential.

Making

Selectively hand-picked into small boxes as of August 28, 2014.

Destemming, clearing of the must, cooled fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a temperature of 18° C for 3 weeks.

Serving temperature 7–9 °C (42–46 F)
Bottling December 11, 2014
Alcohol 10,0 Vol.%
Acidity 9,0 g/l
Residual sugar Dry
Bottle sizes 0,75l

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