MONUMENT
Carnuntum DAC
Zweigelt | Merlot | St Laurent
2021
TASTING NOTE
Dark berry fruit, fine herbal spice. Juicy red cherries. Freshly structured, fine supporting tannins, mineral aftertaste. Approachable, subtle extract sweetness on the finish. Nougat in the aftertaste. A great and universal food companion.
VINIFICATION
Hand picking and pre-selection in the vineyard. Optical sorting of the grapes at the winery. Natural, temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Punch downs and pumpovers by hand twice a day. 21 Days on the grape skin, natural malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels. Aging 14 months on full lees in French used and new barrique barrels.
Ripeness of the grapes 21.5 °KMW
Alcohol in % vol 14.0
Acid in g/l 5.0
Residual sugar in g/l 1.0
Monument 2021
Food Recommendations
Dark meat, Grill Dishes
Pasta, Pizza, Lasagna
Wine Region
Village wine - Göttlesbrunn
Carnuntum DAC
Vineyards
Ried Hagelsberg
Goettlesbrunn
Ried Haidacker
Goettlesbrunn
Ried Kräften
Göttlesbrunn
Soil
Calcareous soils of loam and loess
Gritty sediments on the topsoil
Harvest
hand-picked September + Oktober 2021