Christian Tschida – Non Tradition White 2023

Non Tradition White 2023 is a somewhat flagship wine of , in the Burgenland region in . This white wine is made with 100% grapes, but here Christian delivers a non-traditional approach to the winemaking, resulting in a Grüner Veltliner with attitude, yet also interesting aspects to it far from the world of the many conventional wines that come from the region – and of course here unfiltered and without any added sulphur.

How does Non-Tradition by Christian Tschida taste?

THIS IS AN AWESOME WINE! Decant or carafe for 30 min for best results. Slightly effervescent on opening but not noticeable after 30 seconds. This exceptional, complex Grüner Veltliner reminds you a little or a Tscheppe Sauvignon on the nose, and alerts you to the complexity of what is to come. Vibrant acidity, meadow flowers, green apple, exceptional stoney minerality. Non-Tradition by Christian Tschida is a truly wonderful wine.

This white wine will age well too.

Interesting Facts about Christian Tschida and Non Tradition

Besides being called Non-Tradition as the wine is not traditional of Grüner Veltliner, interestingly, Christian Tschida makes Non-Tradition Weiss from two different plots of Grüner Veltliner aged 40 years each- one from Limestone and the other from Schist soil, which gives extra complexity. Christian has quoted before that this is like 1+1=3.

Winemaker Notes

Two single plots of Grüner Veltliner from a brilliant vintage culminate in a multidimensional experience on the palate. Following the idea of single vineyards, vintage 2022 first gave us the opportunity to catch the microcosmos of both Veltliner-vineyards, that long created this wine, in single barrels. Through straight forward calcareous sharpness the juice of the one showed the fascinating and complex layers of the lacustrine limestone soil profile of this old vineyard, while the second, cultivated in double plant system on a steep schist soil slope, presented itself exotic, voluptuous and hedonistically animating on the palate. The temptation to bottle such wines separately is huge, but combined the two seem to expand their aromatic dimension many times over, adding layers and length on the palate. The calculation clearly goes 1+1=3.

Grapes: Grüner Veltliner

Age of Vines: up to 40 years

Vineyard: Two Veltliner vineyards: 1 old vines on limestone, 1 with double plant
system on schist

Making of: Grapes are hand-harvested and gently pressed with the power of a
handshake. Fermentation and ageing in big barrel. Bottled unfined and unfiltered,
without added sulfur.