Before Tiberius
Claudius Cesare Augustus Germanicus
conquered “Austria” in 14 b. C. here the vines were already
cultivated. Centuries later came Emperor Marcus
Aurelius Probo, who promoted viticulture
in the provinces of western Austria until the Germanic barbarians
ended the development of this land. The
Roman Empire broke down and the northern tribes settled in currently
Austria and germanized it in the VI century, but three centuries
later Charlemagne
appears to subdue those pagan tribes.
During Karolus
Magnus era the wine that in his empire was
made enjoyed a good deal thanks to measures like the selection of
clusters, the conservation of wine in barrels and their
classification. Everything was going well, the
vineyards were managed by the abbeys while
the borders of Austria extended to the east. Henri
II moved his residence from Klosterneuburg
to Vienna to
become the capital of the kingdom (12th century) and there promoted
viticulture.
From the XI to the XIII century Austrian
wine became strong: regrouping of wine producing villages, rising of
wine consumption, private interests appear and with it, taxes. The
cultivation area spread throughout the geography of the Austrian
county but is at the end of century XVIII when an
unexpected enemy arrives: the phylloxera,
that it sweeps with all the vineyard of continental Europe.
To date, the vine is cultivated in
eastern Austria and mostly with white varieties, where the Grüner
Veltliner is the king. From the north-east of Austria, from Domane
Wachau comes this reference, it is a 1oo%
Gruner Veltliner that represents the
expression of this low-Austrian valley: the cold Atlantic winds, the
influence of the Danube river that regulates the Austrian continental
climate and the valley forests that balance the day / night thermal
oscillation. Finally, the hard primary rock has a diversity of soils
for a very special wine character.
Lemon yellow color with greenish
flashes. Aromatic complexity around mineral notes, citrus, herbaceous
(meadow) followed by others like floral and peach type. Very floral
and fruity mouth with a delicate presence of CO2
that gives amplitude to the development. Freshness marked as a good
example of Central European white wine that
is marked by memories of peach and butter that lengthen until the end
and there it is united to a degree of 13% vol.
Delicate
and delicious as it corresponds to a wine of terraces, in this case
of the terraces of Spitz
and Loiren.
Its value for money is very positive because it is between 10
and 11 euros.
A very good option to accompany
salmon
carpaccio, pasta gratin with carbonara,
Shells of saint jacques à la provençal,
pink prawns, fillets of cod and crushed tomatoes with coriander,
escalope of breaded veal, lobster, smoked salmon marinade or risotto.
Highly recommended.
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