Willi Opitz Blood Moon White

(37.5cl Half bottle) ABV 9%

Country: Austria            Grapes: Muskat, Ottonel, Gewürztraminer

Style: Very Rich White Dessert   

Tasting note: White Schilfwein (a process of drying grapes on reed mats invented by Willi Opitz in Illmitz).  Strong golden yellow in colour, with an attractive yellow tropical fruit multi-faceted bouquet & juicy exotic fruit, multi-layered aromas, fine rich tangerines flavours & a very good fine balanced alcohol- residual sugar acidic presence in the finish.

Food Match: pairs well with Crème Brûlée, Panna Cotta, Vanilla Ice cream with pumpkin seed oil

Blut Moon (named because as dawn was breaking 21.01.2019 (the moment of the total lunar eclipse) – Willi Opitz was working pressing the harvested grapes under the glow of the Blood Moon in his winery beside Lake Neusiedler, Illmitz, Burgenland