
White wine · Niederösterreich
Purist Souvignier gris 2020
Amber colour, spicy-macerated aromatics with ripe stone fruit and a firm structure.
Großes Gold, 98 ptsInternational PIWI Wine Award 2021
- Grape variety
- Souvignier gris
- Vineyard site
- Steinhäufel, Leobersdorf
- Alcohol
- 14.6 % Vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.9 g/ldry
- Acidity
- 5.7 g/l
How it tastes
amber gleamspicy, skin-maceratedripe stone fruitfirm structure
Sweetness1.9 g/l · dry
Body14.6 % Vol.
Acidity5.7 g/l
Vintage 2020
The Purist Souvignier gris grows in Ried Steinhäufel in Leobersdorf. We picked it on 7 October 2020, right in the window when the main harvest in Austria had been expected. Cool nights had been forecast as well.
The Purist Souvignier gris grows in Ried Steinhäufel in Leobersdorf. We picked it on 7 October 2020, right in the window when the main harvest in Austria had been expected. Cool nights had been forecast as well.
In the glass it has an amber gleam. Fermented on the skins, untreated and unfiltered, with spicy aromas, ripe stone fruit and a firm structure. The batch: 1.000 litres. At competitions the Purist Souvignier gris 2020 collected gold at the Austrian PIWI competition, 98 points at PIWI International and 94 points at the Wine Award International.
Awards (7)
Weißwein Guide Austria · AWC Vienna · International PIWI Wine Award · Wine Award International · Austrian PIWI Wine Competition
Weißwein Guide Austria · AWC Vienna · International PIWI Wine Award · Wine Award International · Austrian PIWI Wine Competition
2024
- 93 ptsWeißwein Guide Austria
2022
- SilverAWC Vienna
2021
- Großes Gold, 98 ptsInternational PIWI Wine Award
- Grand GoldInternational PIWI Wine Award
no year
- Grand Gold, 94 ptsWine Award International
- GoldAustrian PIWI Wine Competition
- 94 ptsWine Award International
Site
Ried Steinhäufel, Leobersdorf · Niederösterreich
Ried Steinhäufel, Leobersdorf · Niederösterreich
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Values
Harvest 07.10.2020 · Ripeness at harvest 22 °KMW
Harvest 07.10.2020 · Ripeness at harvest 22 °KMW
- Origin
- Niederösterreich
- Harvest
- 07.10.2020
- Ripeness at harvest
- 22 °KMW
- Sulphur
- 18/75 mg/l (free / total)
- Energy value
- 354 kJ / 85 kcal per 100 ml
- Alcohol
- 14.6 % Vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.9 g/l
- Acidity
- 5.7 g/l
- Inspection number
- N 21858/21
Shipping
Delivery within Austria: free from € 150.00 order value, below that € 14.90.
Delivery within Austria: free from € 150.00 order value, below that € 14.90.
- Delivery within Austria: free from € 150.00 order value, below that € 14.90.
- Delivery to Germany: currently paused, feel free to write to us at info@fruehwirth.bio.
- Packaging unit: Case of 6 (0.75 l).
- Minimum order quantity: 6 bottles.
- Delivery routes: around ten per year to the west and south of Austria.
- Discount for collection in Teesdorf.
Downloads
Data sheet · Notice · Barcodes · Back label
Data sheet · Notice · Barcodes · Back label
Ried Steinhäufel
The grapes for Purist Souvignier gris 2020 grow in the Ried Steinhäufel vineyard in Leobersdorf. Its rows are green all year, sown with clover, phacelia and buckwheat instead of grass. We use no herbicides.
The 2020 harvest
The must for Purist Souvignier gris 2020 measured 22 °KMW: the Klosterneuburg must scale shows how much sugar is in the grape juice, one degree being roughly one per cent.
What the figures say
Purist Souvignier gris 2020 has 14.6 % vol. alcohol, 1.9 g/l residual sugar and 5.7 g/l acidity. It is made in a dry style, which under wine law means no more than 4 g/l residual sugar, or up to 9 g/l if the acidity is at most 2 g/l lower.
The sugar-free extract of Purist Souvignier gris 2020 is 22.9 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 18 mg/l free and 75 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 354 kJ or 85 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 21858/21 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.
How we describe it
Amber sheen, spicy skin-contact aromas with ripe stone fruit and a powerful structure. Fermented on the skins, untreated, unfiltered.
The Purist line
Purist Souvignier gris 2020 belongs to our Purist line: its wines ferment spontaneously, without added yeast.
Other vintages
Besides 2020, there is also the 2023 vintage of Purist Souvignier gris. The overview lists vineyard, harvest and status.


