Tschida Illmitzer Spatlese

The Tschida Angerhof winery has been voted the world's best sweet wine producer for several years. The family-run business is located in Illmitz, in the heart of Seewinkel, in the Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park. This area offers optimal conditions for the production of noble sweet wines of the highest quality. Sweet wines are produced from Welschriesling, Chardonnay, Scheurebe, Muskat Ottonel, Traminer, and Pinot Blanc on a 20-hectare vineyard, while Zweigelt and Cabernet Sauvignon are used for red wine. For years, the winery has strived to produce the highest quality grapes from the current vintage. Their goal is pure quality: from care in the vineyard to harvesting and pressing, to the careful and prolonged aging of the wines.

The best grapes for Illmitzer Spatlese

This wine clearly focuses on one grape variety: Scheurebe. Only the finest grapes were harvested for this wonderfully elegant, single-varietal wine from the Angerhof Tschida estate. The vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow in Burgenland on sandy and black earth soils. At peak ripeness, the grapes are harvested entirely by hand. They are then sorted and carefully pressed in the winery. Fermentation then takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. Fermentation is followed by aging on the lees for several months before the wine is finally bottled.

What does the Tschida Illmitzer Spatlese taste like?

The result is a brilliant dessert wine that appears pale yellow in the glass. It has wonderfully expressive notes of star fruit, quince, Nashi pear, and papaya. The Illmitzer Spätlese can be described as exceptionally fruity and velvety, as it was vinified with a delightfully sweet flavor profile. This silky dessert wine presents itself light-footed and layered on the palate. Thanks to the presence of fruit acidity, the Illmitzer Spätlese reveals itself impressively fresh and lively on the palate. Ultimately, this long-lasting dessert wine from the Burgenland wine region impresses with its good length. Hints of mango and quince are again evident. Mineral notes emerge from the soil dominated by black earth and sand.