van Zeller VZ Douro Weisswein 2023

ein Douro Weisswein von Christiano van Zeller

• aus 70 Jahre alten Rebsöcken der Sorten Viosinho, Rabigato, Códega, Gouveio und Arinto
• selbstverständlich von Hand geerntet und sorgfältig vinifiziert! 
• edler feiner Weisswein aus der Hand eines Großmeisters der Vinifikation, 
• anschliessend gelangt der Wein in Fässer von Zweit- oder Drittbelegung, klassische 225L Barrique oder auch 300 L Fässer von ausgewählten Küfern
• für 9 Monate mit Battonage Reife in denselben Fässern bevor das finale blending erfolgte
• Hier der Jahresbericht von Christiano van Zeller zum Erntejahr 2022 mit einer sehr persönlichen Einstellung zur Natur und dem Umgang: 

  The 2021/2022 agricultural year had a hot and dry winter, and an abnormally hot and dry spring and summer.
  During the vegetative cycle there was a very low average precipitation, and high temperatures particularly in the
  months of May, July and August. This climate had, mainly, a positive impact on the grapes, particularly regarding
  the pressure of mildew and oidium, which was greatly reduced, producing very healthy fruit. It was a year of few
  treatments where we focused essentially on reestablishing balance in the soil, particularly in our older vineyards
  in Murça and Rio Torto (which gives rise to the CV Curriculum Vitae red wine). Our regenerative viticulture
  practices, which focus on the soil as the basis for plant growth, and the proliferation of other species that
  benefit the balance of the ecosystem, have been demonstrating increasingly better results, not only in grapes,
  but in all of the natural surrounding with visible attraction for birds and other animals.
  On the other hand, the reduced precipitation limited the vine’s access to water, which caused the grapes to
  develop prematurely.
  In the Van Zellers & Co vineyards, we recorded 37% less grape production in the different vineyards, both our
  own and of the farmers from whom we purchase grapes, compared to 2021. The harvest began on August
  26th with white grape, specifically the Códega and Arinto varieties, which make up the VZ White. The fruit
  presented, on average, very good conditions and the harvest took place slowly due to some precipitation in
  September. The first red grapes were harvested on August 30th, and the harvest ended on September 24th.

• Önologen: Christiano van Zeller und Joana Pinhão
• Im September 2023 wurden 5302 Flaschen und 401 Magnums mit 1,5L gefüllt
• 12% alc, 1,26 g/L RZ, 6,7 g/L acid, 127 g/L SO2, 3,35 pH - Allergikerinfo: Kann Sulfite enthalten