2019 SANDAHL 'Air Dive'
(rhine) riesling, ultra late harvest, solid ground grade, badacsony, hungary.

Labels

Hungry starlings longing for grapes always swarm above our vineyards in the autumn, to get full before moving to Africa. This vintage was extremely sunny and rain-free, so the birds refused to leave as long as we had unpicked grapes. The label theme then was decided to be "birds".

This label shows an animal flight demonstration.

Weather

This is the third vintage in a row, that has been extremely beneficial for us. Again, it was the extreme suitable weather for vine growing, that was the root cause. Also we get better to fight rot, which lowered the risk when aiming for late harvest.

The weather was characterized by:

  • A very wet and cold spring
  • An moderate warm summer with dry weather but adequate rain
  • A fantastic autumn with only a couple of rainfalls from middle of September to start of November

Origin

  2019-10-22 Use of 3rd fraction from Bishop Garden and Genesis low (tank 3) Gradually mixed to tank 3 before fermentation
  2019-10-23 Use of 3rd fraction from Bishop backyard east and west plus Solitude (tank 3)
  2019-10-24 Use of 3rd fraction from Genesis high plus grafts from Genesis east and west (tank 3)
  2019-10-25 Use of 3rd fraction from harvest of Genesis low plus saved good botrytis from Genesis (tank 3)

All grapes was excellent healthy with some grapes having excellent botrytis.

Analysis

Values by the OBI institute.

  Alcohol 13.5 % vol
  Sugar 7.0 g / l
  Total acidity 5.4 g / l
  Volatile acidity 0.33 g / l
  pH 3.31
  Bottle 750 ml
  Seal Screw cap

Tastings

By Christer Sandahl.

  Date 2020-07-11, after assemblage.
  Color Light yellow
  Smell Typical Sandahl Solid ground wine, citrus, soft pears, ripe fruit, straight and well-made
  Taste Soft, attractive taste, easy to like, long balanced after taste.
  Judgment Our Solid ground entry grade often outperform our competitors best wines.

By Christer Sandahl.

  Date 2021-04-14, ahead of spring season.
  Color Light yellow
  Smell Shy in the smell, fresh like sheets dried outdoors, cloud-berries.
  Taste Again sheets and cloud-berries, nice and clean, a long and fine finish. Impressive taste.
  Judgment Very promising but young. at 90 points now, but can probably reach 93 points.

By Christer and Gunnel Sandahl.

  Date 2023-04-09
  Color Medium yellow
  Smell Round, rich, and mature Riesling, still graceful and refined.
  Taste Development of tropical fruit, still fresh but in a rich way. Wonderful after taste, clean and long.
  Judgment Not young anymore, yet soft, mature and very approachable: Pity we have sold it out a year ago, at that time before being at top.


Solid ground
screw capsule

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Our other wines

Find below clickable links to all our other wines produced since 2010. Observe, that earlier vintages use to be sold out since long. Yellow means rare peaks, gray means mid ranges, and light blue means solid grounds.

  2010 The stamp, Recept  
  2011 Magic rain, Cappuccino oil, Give me five  
  2012 Laundry hanger, Multiplexor, Rake & scoop, Elephant tap, Box fixture  
  2013 Count down, All of a kind, Gold standard, Secret  
  2014 S.O.S., m.m.s.  
  2015 Dry honey, Wet stones, Citrus x Limon, Bear glue, Bella sunrise, Tussilago  
  2016 Banana split, Chicken year, Street smart, Tie mania  
  2017 Ball of fame, Crystal cut, Rabbit periscope, Shop stop  
  2018 Oh deer, Sign up, Not yet, By the way, Dig it  
  2019 Birdie Num Num, Brave Birds, Starling Village, Air Dive  
  2020 Thor's hammer -Mjölnir-, Freya's amulet -Brisingamén-, Odin's horse -Sleipnir-  

Internet

For more information, see www.villasandahl.com