True greatness
Le Petit
2019
Bright yellow shot with green – the beholder is overcome by the presentiment: "That really is a true gem”. Sweet, extremely elegant with unimagined freshness, it fulfils the promise.
Grape variety
Petit Manseng
Site and soil
Mazzon close to Kaltern, an extensive south-facing mountainside terrace at an altitude of 400 m above sea level, sunny and breezy and ideal for allowing grapes to hang long after the normal harvest period. The soil is a mixture of sand and clay mixed with a diversity of rock, from finely eroded dolomite, porphyry, gneiss and granite to hand-sized stones.
Vintage
2019 was not a year for volume, but in terms of quality it was very good and in some cases excellent. The new shoots appeared early, but cold and wet weather in April and May held back vegetation growth to such an extent that it became a late year. A long ripening peri-od in combination with a golden autumn finally created the conditions for a great vintage.
For our sweet wine, the conditions were ideal in that wonderful noble rot set in, and in the middle of Febru-ary we harvested Petit Manseng grapes with a perfect sugar concentration.
For our sweet wine, the conditions were ideal in that wonderful noble rot set in, and in the middle of Febru-ary we harvested Petit Manseng grapes with a perfect sugar concentration.
Winemaking
Given that some of the berries contained very little liquid it took eight hours to extract the juice. Fermentation took place in oak barrels with yeasts occurring naturally on the grapes and proceeded very slowly. After several months the fermentation stopped of its own accord once the alcohol level had reached 8,5 % by volume. The ‘natural’ result is an optimum balance between alcohol, acidity and residual sugar.
Bottled
3,200 half bottles
Analytical data
Residual sugar: 285 g/l
Alcohol: 8.5 % vol.
Acidity: 11.3 g/l
Alcohol: 8.5 % vol.
Acidity: 11.3 g/l
Description and food recommendations
Scintillating golden straw yellow with accentuated fruit on the nose reminiscent of mango, lychee and dried apricots, complex and deep with elegant hints of honey and botrytis and an excellent interplay between sweetness and acidity on the palate.
Enjoy at optimum maturity from 2023 to the end of 2030. Serve: chilled, at 46 - 50 °F
Delicious savoured with delicate desserts or with cheese at the end of a meal.
Enjoy at optimum maturity from 2023 to the end of 2030. Serve: chilled, at 46 - 50 °F
Delicious savoured with delicate desserts or with cheese at the end of a meal.
Our claim
Biodynamic
Respekt-BIODYN
Vegan
Respekt-BIODYN
Vegan
Waste management
Bottle
GL70 Colourless Glas
Capsule
ALU51 Aluminium
Carton
PAP21 Other paperboard
Cork
FOR51 Corks
Check the regulations of your municipality.
Separate the components and deliver them correctly.
GL70 Colourless Glas
Capsule
ALU51 Aluminium
Carton
PAP21 Other paperboard
Cork
FOR51 Corks
Check the regulations of your municipality.
Separate the components and deliver them correctly.
Distributor: Manincor, San Giuseppe al Lago 4, 39052 Caldaro/Italy
