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Weingut Stift Göttweig Furth Kremstal DAC

Weingut Stift Göttweig Furth Kremstal DAC

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The Wine

Juicy aromas of yellow apple and delicate nuances of tobacco; great finesse and crispness on the palate, green apples supported by mineral notes, densely structured with good potential for maturing. Drink now through 2031.

This Furth wine benefits from different microclimatic conditions. Here, the vines breathe in the fragrant, cool air of the Dunkelsteiner Wald (forest) as well as the warming Pannonian air masses and the natural moisture of the Danube region. In addition, there are diverse geological differences that range from gravelly, sandy soils to loess and clay and to weathered primary rock. 

From the village location - “Furth” - Stift Gottweig vinifies medium-weight wines with approx. 12.5% alcohol. These wines are matured in stainless steel tanks in order to emphasize the wine's grapes, soils and other specifics of their origin.

RECOMMENDATION

This wine would normally be consumed in the first three years, but will gain in flavour potential after 4–6 years as well. The optimum serving temperature is between 9 and 11 °C. Grüner Veltliner is the ideal wine to accompany traditional Austrian dishes, but goes quite well with spicy Eastern fare as well. We recommend this wine particularly to accompany starters, all sorts of baked dishes and Asian cuisine.

The Winery

Weingut Stift Göttweig was founded in 1083 by Saint Altmann, the bishop of Passau, and was given over to the Benedictine Order in 1094. During the Dark Ages, the churches kept alive all sorts of knowledge that would otherwise have been lost (math, design, medicine...) and viticulture and winemaking included. Since that time, forestry and viticulture have formed the basis of the local economy, with the abbey always instrumental in the continuing development of wine production in the region.

Following a great fire that destroyed the old cloister in 1718, the baroque buildings were conceived by architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Particularly special points of interest here include the museum in the imperial wing, the imperial staircase – which rises beneath Paul Troger’s magnificent ceiling fresco painted in 1739 (whose distinctive colors and designs are replicated on the wine's capsule) – the imperial chamber, the princes’ rooms and the collegiate church with crypt and cloister.

The Benedictine abbey Stift Göttweig is situated on the eastern perimeter of Austria’s famous Wachau Valley, perched 449 meters above sea level on the southern bank of the Danube River, just across from the city of Krems. Because of its unique setting on the mountainside known as Göttweiger Berg, it is occasionally called the ‘Austrian Montecassino’.

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