Wine Erwin Sabathi, Sauvignon Blanc Classic, 2017
Tasting Notes
The wine is medium to saturation greenish color with yellow highlights.
Taste wine juicy, rich, with a light, barely perceptible sweetness, tones of ripe yellow fruit, which emphasized small brackish and nuances of minerals. The finish is long.
Aromatic bouquet of wine abounds in tones of stone fruit and wild herbs, which are complemented by hints of honeydew melon.
Wine suitable for savory dishes of fish and white meat, smoked mackerel, lobster, gooseberry jam, as well as to not sharp cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Wine Gruner Feltliner "Kaferberg" is made from grapes grown on the stony soils of one of the best vineyards of Austria called "Kaferberg." Thanks to a little more arid climate than in other wine regions get rich wine with fine acidity and pronounced mineral character. Warm air in the afternoon gives the grapes to ripen well, and cold nights give the wine an indescribable subtlety. The grapes are harvested by hand in November and "resting" for six hours prior to compression. Wine fermentation using the yeast's natural place in steel containers for three weeks at a strictly controlled temperature of 20 degrees.
Rabl (Rabl) - one of the oldest wine producing dynasties Austria. Rabl family produces its own wine since 1750, their estate is located in Lower Austria, in the heart of the wine region Kamptal, famous for its white wines. Family owned vineyards, which are on the stony terraces, for the cool northerly winds. Here, the main white varieties are grown in Austria - Grüner Veltliner, which is called the "secret weapon" of the Austrian winemakers, and Riesling. Red variety Zweigelt grape is presented - an unusual variety that grows only here and on some experimental vineyards of Germany, England, USA and Canada. In addition to white and red wines, the winery also produces Rabl sparkling wines. Whatever wine is produced winery Rudolf Rabl - its current owner - invariably follows its motto: "The highest quality at affordable prices."
Producer's description
The history of Erwin Sabathi began in 1650, when George Sabati founded a small winery. The management of the economy was transferred from generation to generation and only in 1914 it ceased to function. In 1938, the winery was sold to Johann Sabati and his wife, Lyudmila. In the mid-1950s, Johann significantly expanded the area of his vineyards, and planted the vines of the Sauvignon Blanc grape on them.
In 1968, Erwin Sabati purchased a store in which the company's wines are still sold today. During this period, new vineyards were also purchased. A big upsurge in the company began in 1992, when the leadership was completely transferred to Erwin Sabati. He built a new wine cellar, in which wine began to be aged since 2004.
The family winery, as in the old days, is located in the possession of Erwin. Here lives Erwin Sabati with two younger brothers, Gerd and Christoph. In 2016 the plant passed the process of certification of organic winemaking. According to the magazine "Falstaff" Erwin Sabathi was named a winery in 2016.
