Michael Wenzel SAZ 2007 (Ruster Ausbruch)

This dessert wine is made of Furmint and Muscat grapes (in German called Gelber Muskateller), and in some way it may recall Hungarian sweet wines from Tokaji region, although here the winemaking style is similar to the grand wines of Germany or Sauternes. The grapes for this wine are harvested over several days at the end of October, manually separating only the grapes affected by the fungus and with a "raisin" appearance. The grapes are crushed and then pressed in a manual press. Slowly fermented for 8 months in new barrels with a subsequent aging of 22 months in old barrels. 1,200 375 ml bottles were produced in 2007. This wine is a sweet elixir but with overwhelming acidity. For the more technical: alcohol 9.5º, residual sugar 265 g/l, acidity 9.1 g/l.