RiedZanzl
Grüner Veltliner Smaragd
Smaragd from a Cool Location - Elegance & Depth
At the western end of Rührsdorf lies one of our coolest sites. The light soil with sand and gneiss components shapes the character of this special wine. As one of the last vineyards to be harvested, it benefits from the cool downslope winds of the Dunkelsteiner Forest, which delay ripening – ideal for Smaragds with elegance, freshness, and impressive depth. The spontaneous fermentation takes place in large wooden barrels before the wine matures on the fine lees in steel tanks until August. It is bottled in September – an expressive wine with finesse and structure.
Terroir Ried Zanzl
Where cool elegance meets depth.
The Zanzl vineyard forms the western end of the Rossatz and Rührsdorf wine locations. The warmer influence typical for the east-facing sites of this municipality noticeably diminishes here.Instead, the wines from Zanzl unfold a distinctly cooler, yet still substantial note.
Shaped by the Ice Age – Soils with Character
How the Ice Age formed the soil.
The vineyards on the upper slope of the Zanzl site are characterized by Gföhl gneiss. The rounded stones and blocks show that these rocks have undergone a longer transport route. Presumably, these are deposits from Ice Age solifluction.The cold climate during the last Ice Age caused permafrost soils, which only thawed superficially during the summer months. This constant cycle of freezing and thawing led to frost shattering in the upper rock layers.In the resulting rock debris, loess was additionally deposited, which acted as a lubricant during the thawing phases. Thus, over the summer months, a water-saturated slurry slowly moved from the area of today’s Dunkelsteinerwald into the Danube Valley, rounding the stones in the process.The high loess content ensures deep soils with excellent water storage capacities, providing the vines with sufficient water even during hot summer periods.
