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Do you know….
- ….why our label imagery changes from daytime through dusk into the night, further ascending into the universe, finally transcending into the unified field?The FUN WINES with their daytime impression speak of their fun and easy going style. Whereas ABENDROT is already more complex and more serious (dusk/afterglow impression). PERSPEKTIVE with its night time impression of the lake indicates that is even more complex and deeper. The complexity and demands increase even further in AEON (the universe) , while A QUIET SOFT LIGHT (the unified field) vibrates on top.Alex shows you how – see picture above – he says hi :)Good to know, right? 🙂
- ... that all our wines add up to a coherent concept that is defined by soil and its various meanings?
- …that the labels of the FUN WINES show the soil on which our vines grow on?
- … that ROZSA unifies the 3 different terroirs we have in town?
- … that Alex does all the pruning by himself?
- … that we don’t have permanent employees? Occasionally we hire short term in high season (June) and welcome up to 4 interns for harvest (August, September). Please reach out to me in case you want to help us with harvest. Happy to have you on board.
- … that we still use large wooden barrels that were made in the 1960s, from wood of the family forest?
BASIC DATA
winery: family has been making wine since the 16th century
location: Neusiedl am See, small town with about 9000 inhabitants on the north shore of lake Neusiedl (endorheic lake, very shallow), in the very east of Austria in county Burgenland, which was part of Hungary until 1921
climate: hot summers, moderate winters, humid, very windy, about 500 liters of rain per year, rather warm nights bc of the large surface of the lake, late frost possible, frequent hailstorms possible
first vintage: 2011
size: 5.8 Hektar, 14 acre
bottles: depending on the year, between 18.000 and 35.000
employees: none permanent,
vineyards: family owned, no tenantry, 19 different plots
farming: biodynamic farming since 2006
grapes: no grape purchase, no negoce, we exclusively use grapes we grow ourselves
varieties: 11 different ones like Rotburger (red), St Laurent (red), Blaufränkisch (red), Syrah (red), Pinot Noir (red), Grüner Veltliner, Weissburgunder, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Welschriesling, Rosenmuskateller (red)
topsoil: sand, gravel, loam, black earth (chernozem) underneath: limestone, slate, alluvium
terroir:
- flatlands of the lake: flat, 120m above sea level, mix of sand, fertile alluvium, black earth,
- Leithaberg: south rolling limestone hills, starting at about 150m above sea level, some parts show slate, rich loam, some parcels very scarce completely covered with limestone rocks
- Parndorfer Platte: flat plateau about 30m higher than the level of the lake, alluvial plains, red sand and gravel, very hot and dry, a bit further off the haze of the lake