Winery PongratzGelber Muskateller
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Pongratz's Gelber Muskateller.
Discover the grape variety: Mérille
Supple, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, soft tannins and a charming palate, showing simple aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry), gentle spices and floral notes. Airy profile to drink young. Preserved for its heritage value, it survives in a few patrimonial plots in Tarn-et-Garonne and Lot-et-Garonne, among the ancient varieties of the South-West under study. Also called Bouysset. Native black variety from South-West France, today rare.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Gelber Muskateller from Winery Pongratz are 2015, 0, 2018
Informations about the Winery Pongratz
The Winery Pongratz is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 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: Reduced
This is said of aromas that are reminiscent of a stale wine and that can be released when a long-closed bottle is opened. They generally fade with airing.
