Kollwentz

Chardonnay Gloria

Name: Chardonnay Gloria
Brand: Kollwentz
SKU: KOLCHG20SO
Price: 60.95 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£60.95

Kollwentz's Chardonnay Gloria 2020 comes from the highest single-vineyard site of the Leithagebirge, Ried Gloria, a site which gives this wine a marked minerality and finesse. The palate is full-bodied, elegant, and complex, and delivers fine acidity alongside white fruit and a long, satisfying, piquant lemon finish that is mineral and saline.

At a glance

Type: White

Style: Fuller Bodied Whites

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 14.0%

Production: Organic

Producer: Kollwentz

Region: Leithaberg

Bottle size: 75cl

Vintage: 2020

Chardonnay has been grown in Burgenland for nearly 900 years, brought by Cistercian monks from Burgundy around 1150. When planted on limestone soils, it can produce some of the world’s best wines. It is exactly such limestone that Chardonnay is planted on the Leithagebirge.

Ried Gloria, first mentioned in 1570, is the highest single-vineyard site of the Leithagebirge, a site which gives this wine a marked minerality and finesse. The vines are planted on loam over limestone.

The grapes are selectively hand harvested, then fermented and ripened in small barrels of French oak with 12 months on the lees. There is further ripening for 6 months in stainless steel tanks. Yield is 30 hl/ha.

ANALYSIS

Alcohol: 14.0% vol
Acid: 5.6 g/l
Residual sugar: Dry

CRITIC RATINGS

"Juicy, multifaceted, well-integrated acidity structure.. a versatile style with good ageing potential." (Peter Moser, Weinguide Österreich 2022/23)
96 Falstaff
98 James Suckling

The nose reveals light touches of nougat, vanilla, yellow stone fruits, fresh golden apples and hazelnut. The palate is full-bodied, elegant, and complex, and delivers fine acidity alongside white fruit and a long, satisfying, piquant lemon finish that is mineral and saline. A wine with good ageing potential.

Body:

Light

Bold

Sweetness:

Dry

Sweet

Acidity:

Soft

Acidic

Pairs well with seafood, shellfish and pasta dishes.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Discover the wines of the Kollwentz family, producing superb Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt from 25 hectares of vineyards in the Leithaberg Hills, Burgenland in eastern Austria. Find out more.