2021 'Gluck'

2021, Morillon & Sauvignon Blanc, Styria, Austria

An uber-textured, zero-zero and iconic Austrian skin contact we receive in teeny-tiny allocations availabe for the first time in years. The ceaselessly elegant, eloquent and earthly offerings from the Tscheppe’s are like a rare species of bird, we would keep our binoculars set on the tree-line in search of them for years just to catch a glimpse. Committing to biodynamic techniques many moons ago, the romantic vineyards exclusively grow sauvignon blanc, welshriesling and morillon, the local name for chardonnay, which share in their good fortune with fruit trees, herbs, vegetables and lush forest. FUN FACT! Their lineup is bottled in accordance to elevation and soil type to give us a real TASTE of their site specific terroirs! Coming to us from 2021, the 50/50 blend of lusty n’ rock-y morillon and citric n’ green sauvy b was grown on the ‘Ex Vero II’ plot (middle elevation, with a more even mixture of both opok - very chalky - and clay soils), fully destemmed before two weeks on skins and a gentle press, emerging as ‘Glück’, meaning “luck” or “happiness”, after two years in soothing barrels. Sugar cookies with white cherry pieces, scrubby herbs, persimmon filled croissant, silken tofu pudding texture, pineapple and pear in their own juices, basil off in the distance & bow rosin. Hold onto for good luck, or drink tonight and make a wish as you open.