Welschriesling

The “Riesling Italico” may have originated in the Friuli. Its closest relative is considered to be the Elbling variety. Welschriesling is grown in different countries and known by the names Ryzling vlašský (CZ, SK), Olaszrizling (HU), Riesling Italico (IT), Graševina (HR) and Laški Rizling (SL). In Austria, the variety has an extensive production range: its confident acidity makes it an ideal base for sparkling wine from the Weinviertel; in Steiermark (Styria), it makes a robust bestseller in the local Buschenschank taverns, and it metamorphoses into superb noble sweet Prädikat wines from the Burgenland, where the variety shows its highest expression and the greatest ripening ability. Dry Welschriesling has a spicy-fresh character, and gives notes of green apple, citrus and hay flowers. Vibrant acidity is its trademark, and in Prädikat wines, its complex, piquant scent is intoxicating!