Chardonnay Gottesacker 2023 - 13% vol. Abraham Winery

Description: 
The Chardonnay "Gottesacker" impresses with a bright yellow-green in the glass. The complex bouquet shows a wide range of aromas from citrus fruits and apples to tropical fruits and nuts, combined with a certain elegance that comes from the chalky soils. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and creamy, with spicy notes accompanied by fine acidity. It impresses with a salty, long-lasting finish. 

Grape variety: 
Chardonnay - Alto Adige IGT Weinberg Dolomiten.

Production area: 
This Chardonnay comes mainly from the Eppan Berg vineyard. This walled vineyard at 450 m above sea level near the Tschindlhof estate is one of the most historically valuable vineyards in Eppan. The cool air currents descending from the Mendel Mountains have a decisive influence on the climate in this area. The loamy soils are very calcareous and particularly suitable for Burgundy varieties. In addition, part of the grapes come from a small walled plot behind the Capuchin church in Eppan, the so-called Gottesacker. This vineyard also stands on limestone gravel soils with a high clay content. 

Vinification: 
The Chardonnay is harvested by hand in two stages. We make sure that the first harvest takes place in time so that the grapes have sufficient natural acidity. The second harvest takes place about a week later. After a gentle whole bunch pressing, the grapes are naturally clarified by sedimentation. Fermentation takes place spontaneously with relatively high turbidity thanks to natural yeasts, in 500 lt. and 600 lt. oak barrels. After malolactic fermentation, the wine is left on the lees for nine months. This is followed by six months of ageing in steel tanks until the assemblage. 

Food Pairing: 
A versatile food companion, especially suitable for Mediterranean dishes, white meat and aromatic cheese. 

Serving temperature: 
10 - 12°C. In order to develop its full potential, the wine needs time to breathe. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 8 years.

Bottle to: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
Wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Abraham Winery 
The family business Winery Abraham in St. Michael / Eppan was founded by Martin Abraham and Marlies Pohl Abraham with the aim of processing their own grapes into high-quality wines. Martin and Marlies Abraham are winemakers by conviction. They live their passion. They use the knowledge and creative power of their ancestors as the foundation of their actions today. Now it is their turn to carry this deep-rooted passion forward. THE FUTURE NEEDS A GENUINE. Working with nature means compromising. Again and again new areas of tension arise between acting and letting go. This tightrope walk is a daily challenge. When you inhale the scent of rain-soaked earth, you will become aware of the uniqueness and diversity of this terroir. In the west of the vineyards we find dolomite rock, limestone marl, red clay and sand from the debris cone of the Mendel Mountains. In the east, moraine soils from the last ice age are predominant, mixed with volcanic rock made of quartz porphyry with a very high mineral content. 

Tenuta Abraham - Fam. Abraham 
Via Maderneto 29 
IT - 39057 Appiano (BZ) 
info@weingutabraham.it 
www.weingutabraham.it