Region
Austria › Niederösterreich › Sekt Austria
Type
white · traditional · sparkling · brut
Grapes
Grüner Veltliner, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris
Alcohol
12%
Volume
750 mL
Disgorged
2022-03
On lees
47 months (3.9 years)
Tasting Notes(1)
4.0
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Brut Reserve is the flagship of Bründlmayer's Sekt programme, a white cuvée of Grüner Veltliner, Chardonnay and the Pinots drawn from various estate sites, mainly southeast-facing slopes on calcareous soils. The varietal base wines ferment in stainless steel and go through malolactic fermentation, then age in used Austrian oak, some 300 litre casks and some 2500 litre, before the cuvée is assembled and bottled for the second fermentation.
This lot went to tirage in April 2018 (lot code L11556/04/18), was riddled by hand, and was disgorged in March 2022 - roughly 47 months on the lees, far beyond the 18 month minimum the Reserve tier requires. 12% abv.
The bottle carries the older German wording, Österreichischer Sekt Niederösterreich g.U. Reserve. Reserve is the middle tier of the Sekt Austria g.U. pyramid: fruit and base wine from a single federal state, hand-picking mandatory, traditional bottle fermentation only, at least 18 months on the lees, and residual sugar capped at 12 g/L.
