Domäne Wachau - Wachau - Riesling Spätlese Achleiten - Blanc - 1969

Wine:

It's been 50 years since this Riesling was harvested... Prodigious in its youth and emotion, the 1969 Riesling Spatlese Achleiten Wachau is a wine out of the ordinary: beyond time and classical criteria. 1969 is one of Austria's finest vintages of the century, still showing astonishing youth. Soak it up and savor its subtle notes of candied citrus, dried fruit, exotic nuances and spices. With its hallucinatory patina, the palate offers superb vibrancy, a rare evolution of a dry-tender Riesling, as our sommeliers say, a timeless, graceful version of the great Austrian wines, with surprisingly present, suave fruit. Intense, broad and surprising, this is a wine that will be talked about and enjoyed for a long time to come... A timeless bottle to be appreciated on its own merits.

Vinification:

Hand harvested.
Residual sugar 15.3 g/l.

Color:

Intense yellow color with straw-gold highlights.

Nose:

Subtle notes of candied citrus, dried fruit and exotic nuances of spice.

Palate:

Intense, pure and elegant, with a baroque expression of fruit. Like all great Spätlese, the wine's natural sweetness is counterbalanced by vibrant acidity that forms a perfect balance even after so many years. This dry-tender Riesling has, as our sommeliers say, consumed some of its sugars, offering us a timeless, graceful version of the great Austrian wines.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Veal sweetbreads with candied citrus fruits, scallops with ginger, white asparagus with Maltese sauce.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2022

One of Austria's leading estates! On the region's sumptuous terraces, Domäne Wachau produces one of the most sensational ranges of wines. Award-winning whites that transcend standards of finesse and purity, and faithfully convey the fantastic personality of each of the terroirs from which they come.
In this prestigious region, Riesling is harvested later, offering greater body and exceptional aging potential. Take the measure of this 1969: it's extremely rare to taste these great wines at their peak. Finding them is already very complicated, buying them from the estate even more so...