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Michl Gingl is the founder of Kobatl, a small organically farmed estate in Vulkanland Steiermark in southern Austria. He works a few hectares of volcanic soils—basalt alongside slate, gneiss, and opok—and focuses on disease-resistant varieties, most notably Muscaris, a PIWI crossing with Muscat lineage selected for its aromatic profile and strong natural resistance to fungal pressure, allowing it to be grown with little to no copper or sulfur treatments in the vineyard.
This bottling is 100% Muscaris, hand-harvested in September and given a short ~12-hour maceration before spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel. The wine is aged with extended lees contact—two-thirds for one year on full lees, then racked once and aged a further 21 months on fine lees—before being bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimal sulfur addition. The result is highly aromatic yet precise, with a fragrant nose, dense mineral core, and vibrant tension that reflects both the grape’s character and the volcanic soils of the site.
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