Weinbau Uwe Schiefer
  7503 Welgersdorf 3
  Austria
  www.weinbau-schiefer.at
 Owner and Wine Maker: Uwe Schiefer
  

Blaufränkisch Eisenberg 2005

 VINEYARD:

 Location & climate: Eisenberg /Pannonian climate
Altitude: 250 – 400 m
Exposition: South-East – like an amphitheatre
Soil type: Slate – “flint”
Varieties: 100% Blaufränkisch
Age of vines: 10 – 55 years
Yield: 45 hl
Rootstock & clone: Selection
Methods of training: Guillot – Halbbogen
Density of planting: 2500 – 5000
Harvesting: by hand

VINIFICATION:

Destemming: Yes
Press type: Pneumatic, half open,
Pre-fermentation maceration, cold settling: No
Yeast: Natural Yeast
Fermentation vessel – size & material: Closed vessel, 50 and 45 hl, stainless steel
Fermentation – length & temperature: 7 – 10 days, 28 – 30°
Punching down, pumping over: Pumping over, 3 times
Malolactic? – when & where: Malolactic in stainless steel

 MATURATION: 

Lees ageing & batonnage: Lees ageing for 9 month, no batonnage
Oak ageing – age, length, size, toast, grain and type: 10 month; size: 12 hl – 24 hl, light and medium toasting; slovenian, pfalz and allier oak;
Racking – how often: 1 x

FINISHING:

Clarification/Filtration: No fining – unfiltered
Production: 22.000 bottles
Closure: Natural cork

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Alcohol: 12,5%
Residual sugar: 1,2 g/l
Acidity: 5,3