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2004 Vintage Offerings |
| Despite this vintages had many challenges during the whole season,
Villa Sandahl and our local network was able to produce some excellent wines.
See the weather pattern
during our three 3 separate harvest opportunities. |
Rather Late Harvested
Rhine Riesling / Pinot Gris |
| This wine is a blend of 60% of our normal (quite late) Rhine Riesling harvest and
40% of our normal (quite late)
Pinot Gris harvest.
We harvested the Pinot Gris
at excellent weather
during 27 - 29
September, with an acidity of 6,3 g/l and potential alcohol of 14,8
% fermented to 13,6 %.
The Rhine Riesling was harvested just after colder
conditions during 18 - 21 October, at an acidity of 7,7 g/l and
potential alcohol of 13,8 fermented almost dry.
Altogether, the blend is smooth and fruity, and almost dry, at a remaining sugar
content of around 5 g/l, The blend has a beautiful nose from the
lush Pinot Gris and powerful
backbones from the Rhine Riesling. |
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Late Harvested & Barrique Aged
Pinot Gris |
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The second half of October was very beautiful, but from the end of October the
weather once again changed into cold and rain. We were lucky to harvest
the second Pinot Gris right after the ideal heat wave during 3 - 5 November at a sugar
level of 275 g/l.
The wine is half sweet with remaining sugar at 50 g/l and has an
excellent concentration build on very ripe berries. Half of the
wine is fermented in steel tanks and the other half is fermented during
6 months in new oak barriques. |
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Villa Sandahl Kft.
8261 Badacsony
Hungary |
