Are you of legal drinking age in your country?

Sorry..

As you are not of legal drinking age, we can’t welcome you to our shop.

Yes No

This website uses cookies. By visiting and using our website you agree to the use of these cookies. Ok / More information

OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY make our history yours

« Back to results

Print page

1985 Welschriesling

WELSCHRIESLNG Spätlese 1985

This wine has a lemony colour with a slight greenish tint. The aroma offers notes of quince, apples and dried fruits and spices in the background. The taste is sweet, with mature acidity and hints of dried fruits and spices. The aftertaste is medium-long, with perceptions of dried fruits, spices and smoke.

Colour: A lemony colour with a slight greenish hue.
Aroma: A less intense aroma, with quince, apples and dried fruits and spices in the background.
Flavour: A sweet taste with mature acidity, dried fruits, spices, almonds and slight tannins.
Life expectancy: 20-25 years € 40,95
Price ex. taxes

What happened in 1985?

This was the year that we saw the introduction of the new fermentation hall, with its stainless steel tanks. The cold, controlled fermentation was transferred from concrete tanks to the new hall, which was erected next to the cellar. The construction of the new fermentation hall included wine transfer lines running beneath it. This enabled gravity to transfer the wine from the tank to the bottling line, without ‘damaging’ the wine. 1985 was not an exceptional vintage, but definitely not a bad year either.

Who were the winemakers in 1985?

Matija Kociper

After graduating, Matija’s initial involvement at the company was as a technician. He was responsible for managing the 600 hectares of vineyards, a very difficult and time-consuming task. Once the new cellar opened in 1967, he was entrusted with running it and overseeing the winemaking technology. To this day, he is an exceptional wine taster and assessor. Over the years, he has devoted his immense knowledge and experience to making quality wines. To this day, his energy and enthusiasm still inspire his winemaking colleagues.

Lidija Ruška

Professor Veselič, the architect of the newly-built wine cellar in Ormož, invited Lidija to join the company as a highly educated staff member from the field of food technology. With constantly higher requirements regarding the quality of wine, there was a need not only for knowledge of winemaking, but also for knowledge of biochemical structure and the processes of maturing the wine. Working with Matija, Lidija was a remarkable wine assessor who participated in various assessment committees at home and abroad. She also held lectures for sommeliers and educated numerous wine-growers and wine-makers.

Specifications

Location celler	box 140/144
Product code	90ZHB01A1985
Bottle volume	0.7
Type of bottle	Renana Standard
Type of cork	ST 4
Alcohol (% vol)	11.23
Residual sugar g/L	17.4
Total acidity g/L	6.22
pH	3.28
SO2 free/total (mg/L)	50 / 147