Austria · Fermentation craft; Viticulture; Wachau heritage
Grüner Veltliner — Wachauer Weinbau
The Grüner Veltliner wine making tradition of the Wachau — the production of the characteristic Austrian white wine from Austria's most planted grape variety, whose specific peppery, mineral, and citrus character (from the terraced Wachau vineyard sites) represents the Austrian wine quality standard at its highest expression. The Wachau Winzer reads the correct must ripeness through a berry-tasting assessment — crushing a few berries from each row of the terraced vineyard and reading the specific flavor and texture combination that indicates the harvest has reached the correct Smaragd ripeness for the highest quality level.
Risk level: Stable · Not listed; Wachau wine tradition on the Austrian national heritage inventory; Wachau UNESCO World Heritage (2000)
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