Jacab ‘Padi-Hegy’ Furmint monash-valley high-altitude Alto Adige red wine

high-altitude Alto Adige red wine

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the perfumed bouquet of red berries and plums sets the scene for the perfectly balanced and very long palate

low dosage to underline the natural ripeness of the grapes and extended ageing on lees

Marsannay came to mind as a good candidate

Jacab ‘Padi-Hegy’ Furmint monash-valley high-altitude Alto Adige red wine"Allocation only, email wine@worldwine. com. au to secure allocation" Padi hegy is the estate's original vineyard, purchased in 2006. It faces south, rocky and stony with soils of rhyolite tuff, geyserite and limnoquarzite with heavy clay content. It doesnt really lend itself to sweet wines, and is ideally suited to lean, mineral dry wines. This is 100% Furmint spontaneously fermented and aged in oak barrels. Jakab uses a mix of Stockinger barrels,