Sauvignon Blanc "Federspiel" Weingut Karl Lagler 2007

This is an elegant white Sauvignon, produced with grapes deriving from the area of Wachau, one of the most important of the whole Austria, that is included in the “Federspiel” classification: natural wines with an alcoholic proof not superior to 12° and these wines do not contain any trace of sugar. This kind of wine has a brilliant straw yellow colour with many green reflexes. Moreover it is perfumed and rich of vegetal and musk hints, in addition to nettle’, elderflowers’, mint’ and sage smells; so it is an elegant and harmonious wine. Eventually this wine is endowed with a good structure, a balanced acidity and a right minerality, in fact it accompanies starters and fish dinners, besides grilled vegetables and goat’s cheeses.

The estate is collocated in the Spitz an der Donau area, in the South Austria, and it was created in 1789, even if only in 1970 Lagler family decided to transform the viticolture in wine-making. Today, the winery includes both the cave and a hotel, and it is managed by Carlo and Elisabetta, together with their son Karl Lagler: the last takes cares of the territory that includes 13,5 hectares of vineyards. Every year 75.000 bottles are sold by the cave, and above them the Gruner Veltliner and the Riesling, another typical wine. These wines represent the real character of the West zone of Wachau, and especially of the Spitz area.