Revolution White Solera MV

Bioweingut Johannes Zillinger

Winemaker: Johannes Zillinger Region: Niederösterreich,

Grapes: (50%), Scheurebe (25%), (25%)

Profile: Apricot, Christmas spices, brioche, a bit of terra cotta. The Chardonnay provides fruit, weight, texture. The Scheurebe is there for floral characteristics. The Riesling solera is the structural backbone of the , it is there for acidity and a rocky mouthfeel.

Grape Growing: Certified organic and Demeter bio-dynamic. Johannes uses Demeter treatments 500 (horn manure), 501 (horn kiesel mountain crystal) and 507 (herbs and valerian to help with frost and vine relaxation). A small group of local winemakers co-produce the fermented manure 30km from the . Needless to say, all are manually harvested.

Winemaking: The Chardonnay is added whole bunch pressed into 500L Georgian Qvevri (amphorae). The qvevri is sealed and left underground for 6 months, after which the wine is removed, and very loosely racked off the solids. The finished result is then blended with two different soleras. The first solera contains 6 of Riesling (2013-2018) the other has 3 vintages of Scheurebe (2016-2018). Both soleras are kept in stainless steel to preserve freshness. After this, the resulting wine is never filtered, never sulfured, and finally bottled. (Bottled, April 24, 2019)

More About the Wine: The "Solera-System" of Riesling which has been built up since 2013 gives character to this wine. Structure comes out of the must fermentation of Chardonnay from selected berries and grapes which is done in amphoras of 500 liters. The revolutionary taste of this Alc: 12.5% wine is the result of nothing added nothing removed .

PH: 3.1

TA: 5.7g/L

RS: 1.1 g/L

Sulfur: under 21 ppm Bliss Wine Imports www.blisswineimports.com Soil: Loess and lime sandstone

Altitude: 225m (738ft)

Vineyard Age: 15-35 years

Production Size: 833 cases

Pairing: Savory tartes, Pasta, Rich fish preparations, Root Vegetables, Chicken, Squash, Paella, Baccalao, Pilaf, Lamb tagine Cuisine: Hungarian, Spanish, North African, Caucasian, Lebanese, Turkish, Portuguese, Belgian, Indian, Afghan, Thai