2005 Lenz Moser PRESTIGE RANGE Trockenbeerenauslese (Desert Wine) Austria - 37.5cl Half Bottles
Name:
Lenz Moser PRESTIGE RANGE Trockenbeerenauslese (Desert Wine) Austria - 37.5cl Half Bottles - 2005
Where it's from:
>Austria
>Burgenland
>Neusiedlersee
Price per case:
£72.9
Bottle size:
37.5 cl
Bottles per case:
6
Style:
Botrytis-Affected Whites
Grapes:
Samling
Description:
The most important Austrian wine growing regions for botrytis sweet wines are around Neusiedlersee in the east of Austria. The best conditions for growth of the noble fungus 'botrytis cinerea' are a warm summer and a mild autumn as well as the moisture of mists rolling in from a nearby river or lake. A high mean temperature (due to the Pannonian influence) and the regulating effect of large water surfaces (Neusiedlersee) are added factors. Mists and showers trigger the fungus and, in the right temperatures, the spores can disseminate very quickly. The fungus penetrates the skin of the individual berries and causes them to dry out, concentrating other constituent elements, such as sugar and various acids, in the berry. At first, there will be individual 'botrytis nests' on the healthy berries, then the noble rot covers the entire bunch, causing the berries to shrivel like raisins. This wine presents as a sweet but crisp, clean and concentrated wine. It has depth and power, it's sweetness is balanced by enough lively acids. Honeyed flavours come together with hints of apricots and raisins very nicely.
