Gelber Muskateller South Styria from the Wohlmuth Winery
The Wohlmuth Gelber Muskateller South Styria 2024 is a fragrant, dry white wine from Styria in Austria. The Gelber Muskateller from the Wohlmuth winery is a wonderfully floral, enormously juicy representative of its grape variety. The nose and palate reveal an aromatic spectrum of floral elderflower, grapey Muscat notes, ripe citrus aromas, and a touch of pepper. Throughout, there is a constant undercurrent of fine slate spice, a wonderfully cool minerality, finesse, and precision. Mineral drive and good length: this wine showcases the brilliant interplay of grape variety, soil, vineyard site, and winemaking craftsmanship, which has a 200-year-old tradition at the Wohlmuth estate.
Wohlmuth – Winemaking
The Muskateller vines grow on absolutely steep vineyard slopes planted on Paleozoic slate soils. Influenced by the Illyrian climate, which brings warm winds from the Mediterranean and cool winds from the Alps to the north down to Kitzeck in South Styria, and through much manual labor on the steep slopes, which requires an admirable sense of commitment to the land, this dry white wine is created with a distinctive, complex fruit expression.
All grapes are selectively hand-picked. Since the vineyards are located around the winery, no long transport distances are required. After a skin-contact period of 4-8 hours, slow temperature-controlled fermentation takes place at approx. 20 degrees Celsius. To preserve its fragrance and freshness, the wine is matured on its fine lees in stainless steel tanks until bottling at the end of February.
The Muskateller grape variety has a long tradition, as it is considered one of the oldest cultivated grape varieties with a multitude of variants. The Gelber Muskateller is a relatively late-ripening variety and finds optimal conditions for a long vegetation period at the Wohlmuth winery in Styria. It owes its name to its typically intense Muscat scent.
The Gelber Muskateller South Styria is a classic regional wine from the South Styria area.
Gelber Muskateller South Styria – a wine and its values
- Origin Austria
- Growing region South Styria
- vegan
- 12.0% vol. alcohol
- 6.2 g/l acidity
- 2.8 g/l residual sugar