Steingarten Riesling
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 5 years of release for fresh citrus vibrancy, or aged for 10 to 20 years to develop complex toast, honey, and petrol characters.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Fresh oysters, pan-seared trout, spicy Thai green curry
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Steingarten, translating to 'stone garden' in German, is one of Australia's most legendary and pioneering cool-climate Rieslings. Conceived in 1962 by Colin Gramp, this iconic wine was born from a daring experiment to plant Riesling on a windswept, bone-dry, and incredibly rocky ridge in the Eden Valley. The terrain was so unforgiving that workers reportedly had to use dynamite to blast planting holes into the hard schist and quartz soils. This extreme terroir forces the vines to struggle, resulting in a wine of immense concentration, laser-like acidity, and a distinctive flinty minerality. Steingarten represents a benchmark for dry Australian Riesling, celebrated for its purity, structure, and ability to reflect the rugged beauty of its high-altitude origins.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Jacob's Creek er en af Australiens mest ikoniske vinproducenter med en historie, der trækker tråde tilbage til 1847. Dengang plantede den bayerske immigrant Johann Gramp Barossa Valleys første kommercielle vinmark langs bredden af Jacob's Creek. Selve brandet blev officielt lanceret i 1976 og har siden spillet en afgørende rolle i at udbrede imødekommende og udtryksfulde australske vine til resten af verden. Vinhuset høster druer fra nogle af Sydaustraliens fineste terroirs og lægger vægt på druetypicitet, saftig frugtkarakter og innovative fadlagringsteknikker. Porteføljen spænder vidt – fra den klassiske Shiraz Cabernet og den elegante Steingarten Riesling til den nyskabende Double Barrel-serie – og forener på fornemmeste vis Barossas stolte traditioner med moderne vinmagerkunst.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
11.5% - 12.5%