Gut Oggau Weinland Theodora 2018

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Gut Oggau Weinland Theodora is a blend of Gruner Veltliner and Welsch Riesling – dry, full, funky, tasty – a serious wine, complex and intellectual with depth and body, intriguing aromas of under-ripe melon, kiwi and yeasty notes.

The Weinland Theodora is produced at the Gut Oggau estate in Burgenland by Lake Neusiedlersee, run by Eduard Tscheppe and his wife Stephanie Eselböck-Tscheppe.They focus on quality as a permanent quest, their aim is to achieve a natural vine balance and process the grapes as gently as possible, allowing them to make the best use of their vineyard’s strength. All their wines are vineyard-specific and express both the vine age and the character of these indigenous Austrian varieties. Truly exquisite natural wines. Gut Oggau wines are a family of wines: each wine is given the name of one family member (the artist Jung von Matt drow a face for each label). Why? When they started producing wines, each wine seemed so alive with its own personality, that they decided to craft labels centred around the personality inside each bottle. They work with 6 main grape varieties– Blaufrankish, Zweigelt Grüner Veltliner, Welchriesling, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), and Gewurztraminer.

Theodora is Wiltrude’s daughter. A pert but likeable young lady, who takes everyone’s heart by storm with her cheerful and animated manner. She is attractive like her mother and at the same time both impudent and elegant. The prankster at the vineyard Oggau, she is nonetheless most reliable and steady. She has a particularly close relationship with her beloved grandmother Mechtild and her favourite uncle Emmeram.”

Gut Oggau Weinland Theodora is drier than other vintages so it’s better suited to lighter fish dishes. She is the serious sister of Atanasius.

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