Nussbaumer is Italy’s most awarded Gewürztraminer. A wine where the elegance and spicy aromatics of this ancient variety find their maximum expression
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- grapes: Gewürztraminer
- yield: 45 hl/ha
- altitude: 350 -550 m
- slope exposure: South-east 70 %, South 30 %
- harvest: end of September – end of October
- soil: calciferous gravel with loam on porphyry bedrock
- age of vines: 10 – 40 years
- climate: extreme interplay of sunny days influenced by the Mediterranean climate and cool nights marked by the cold downslope winds from the surrounding mountains
- bottles produced: ca. 75,000, 850 magnum bottles and a few other large formats
winemaking
At harvest, the grapes are delivered in small bins and gently pressed after a short period
of maceration. Fermentation takes place slowly, at a controlled temperature of 18°C in small stainlesssteel tanks. Must clarification occurs through natural sedimentation of the particles.
MATURATION
Nussbaumer matures in small steel tanks with constant lees-contact until the end of
August. After bottling, its rests in the bottle for another 3 months. Total maturation period is thus at
least 14 months.
