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Leindl Riesling Zobinger Heiligenstein Kamptal 2017

ID No: 446190
Country:Austria
Region:Kamptal
Winery:Leindl
Grape Type:Riesling
Vintage:2017
Bottle Size:750 ml
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Product Description

Leindl Riesling Zobinger Heiligenstein Kamptal is made from 100 percent Riesling.

Medium yellow green. Fine nuances of ripe apricot, a hint of yellow apple, delicate herbs and spices, mineral Touch, hints of candied orange zest. Juicy, elegant, fine stone fruit, touch of finesse acidity, salty minerality in the finish, remains long, already well to drink.

Cold Fermentation. 
Aged on the lees for 12 months in Stainless Steel tank. No Oak. 
No ML

Review:

"A hint of dried pear and dried lime zest plays before juicier lime speaks. The palate has a similar tension between ripe, almost dried fruit richness, while zestiness tones it all down into taut slenderness. This is exciting, textured, juicy and totally moreish. There is something concentrated and pervasive that hits several pleasure buttons at once. Drink now–2035. - Anne Krebiehl MW"
- Wine Enthusiast (March 2019), 95 pts

Winery: Leindl

Leindl Estate

Georg Leindl has been a flying winemaker since 1989 at numerous wineries. 
He has worked with and rented space from Nigl for some time. 
He is currently working from 5 hectares of vineyards but he is planning on moving to 12 hectares in time.

Date Founded: 2013

Owner: Georg Leindl
Winery Philosophy: We connect Tradition & Innovation

Georg Leindl has been in the wine industry for quite some time, and in 2013, he decided to created his own Estate. 
He studied Food and Biotechnology; He was a researcher at the Federal College for Oenology and Pomology  at  Klosterneuburg. He has also been a consultant in Oenology for International and National companies.

Winery Acreage: 5 hectares (12.35 acres) moving to 12 hectares (29.6 acres)
Winery Production: 6,000 cases / 9L cases
Varietals Produced: Grüner Veltliner and Riesling
and a little Viognier too.
Winemaker: Georg Leindl

Grüner Veltliner is coming from the Seeberg vineyard. Total acreage is 2 hectares (4.94 acres)
Riesling is coming from the Heiligenstein vineyard. Total acreage is 3 hectares (7.41 acres)

Age of the vines is roughly 15 to 35 years old.

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Soil types
Located in and around the famous area called “Dentelles de Montmirail”, the landscape typicity is made by a rocky bar (between 100 and 600 meters high). Soils are made of clay and sand with limestone. The “Dentelles” appeared thanks to the pressure between the Pyrenees and Alps mountains. This is a land of predilection to produce both powerful and fresh wines. Nights are cooler and the grapes ripeness usually comes in late September.

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Traditional wine-making in stainless and concrete vats. Crushed and destemmed grapes. Average of 18 days of vatting with pigeages. Ageing in vats mostly and oak barrels. Bottling after 12 – 14 months.




 

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