Winery FirmenichRoter Muskateller
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Firmenich's Roter Muskateller.
Discover the grape variety: Black Monukka
Table grape with long bunches and elongated seedless (pipless) blue-black berries, thin skin and crunchy sweet flesh, with a soft, fruity flavour. Very rarely vinified. Grown in Central Asia, the Mediterranean, California and South Africa for fresh consumption, also used for premium raisins. Very old seedless black table grape variety, probably originating from Central Asia.
Informations about the Winery Firmenich
The Winery Firmenich is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Südsteiermark to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Südsteiermark
Austrian jewel of aromatic whites (southern Styria): signature Sauvignon Blanc as king of whites (~20% of 2,800 ha) — vibrant and crunchy with notes of green apple, gooseberry, elderflower, nettle, grapefruit and a touch of exotic fruit, tense acidity and chalky minerality. Lively Welschriesling, full Morillon (Chardonnay), floral Muscat among whites. Typical Schilcher rosé. DAC, Illyrian climate, shelly limestone and clay, steep slopes.
The wine region of Steirerland
Austrian Styria, the country's southernmost region around Graz down to the Slovenian border, vineyards on steep slopes up to 700 m, temperate southern climate. Signature Sauvignon Blanc as white king: lively and precise with notes of grapefruit, passion fruit, boxwood, elderflower and a mineral touch — mountain benchmark. Tense Welschriesling (green apple, citrus), ample Morillon (Chardonnay), floral Muskateller. Rustic Schilcher rosé from Blauer Wildbacher.
The word of the wine: Carbonic maceration
Fermentation of whole grapes in a carbon dioxide-saturated atmosphere. This type of fermentation produces very aromatic and flattering wines.
