Le Petit Spätlese 2021 - 11% vol. Manincor Bio Winery

Description: 
Scintillating golden straw yellow with accentuated fruit on the nose reminiscent of mango, lychee and dried apricots; enormous depth and complexity with elegant hints of honey and botrytis, the wine's sweetness and opulence are cut by a backbone of mouthwatering acidity. 

Grape variety: 
Petit Manseng - South Tyrol White wine 

Production area: 
Mazzon close to Kaltern, an extensive south-facing mountainside terrace at an altitude of 400m 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. 

Vinification: 
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 11% by volume. The 'natural' result is an optimum balance between alcohol, acidity and residual sugar. 

Food pairing: 
Delicious savoured with delicate desserts or with cheese at the end of a meal. 

Serving temperature: 
8 - 10°C. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 10 years. 

Bottle size: 
375 ml - 37,5 cl - 0,375 lt. little bottle. 

Residual sugar: 
approx. 240 - 280 g/l. 

Allergens: 
Wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Manincor Orgnic Winery 
The 400 year-old wine estate, carefully and prudently extended by the wine cellar built beneath the vines and hardly noticeable from above, epitomises today the tradition and aspirations of a superior wine culture. 
When Count Michael Goëss-Enzenberg took over Manincor from his uncle in 1991 the estate’s grape production was highly in demand, though it had no winery of its own and the grapes from its top sites were sold to the Kaltern and Terlan Wine-growers’ Cooperative Cellars. This soon changed. The aim was to produce top quality grapes and transform them into superlative wines in an immediately recognisable Manincor style. 
Efforts initially went into the work in the vineyards, quality was increased by reducing yield per vine and eventually vineyard husbandry was carried out along more natural lines. Finally in 1996 the estate was able to begin crushing the grape production in a cellar of its own. 
The Enzenberg family has been involved with the topic of biodynamics from the start. 2006 was the first year in which all the vineyards were cultivated on biodynamic lines, and since 2009 the entire estate has been legally certified as 100% biodynamic. 
Count Michael Goëss-Enzenberg on the estate’s philosophy: „… Our mission to achieve the highest natural quality also involves a quest to find for the best possible means down to the tiniest detail. Manincor’s wines should be characterised by elegance and finesse, underpinned by impressive structure and backbone." 

Manincor - Fam. Enzenberg 
San Giuseppa al Lago 4 
IT - 39052 Caldaro (BZ) 
info@manincor.com 
www.manincor.com