Riesling Falkenstein 2018

The Riesling is one of the most characteristic vineyard in the area of Saturno, in Val Venosta, where the Falkenstein winery, one time devoted to fruits’ cultivation, produces its personal version of Riesling obtaining an elegant wine. Its Southern position and the soil rich of minerals create a complex wine with a brilliant straw colour, with a rich bouquet with floral tastes of citrus fruits and honey. The mineral taste is balanced, with a good structure. This type of wine is perfect if served in combination with fish dinners, sea food, and also smoked fish.

The Falkenstein cave springs up in 1995, when Bernardette and Franz Pratzner decide to abandon the fruits plantation in order to devote themselves in wines. Franz began to be interested in the 7 hectares that surrounded the Falkenstein estate, situated in the locality of Naturno, in Venosta Valley. Nowadays Franz produces mostly Riesling, a kind of wine that, during the manufacturing, requires diligence and attention: it develops in a territory rich of mineral sails and it can also pride a good exposition. In addition to this wine, the cave produces white Pinot, Sauvignon, Gewurtztraminer, too. Franz and his partners are engaged in aid of the variety that everybody has placed in the centre of the cave’s philosophy: in this manner they respect the climate conditions of the area, too, by discovering the different secrets of nature.