The upper part of the Lange Ohn vineyard in Neusiedl provides the chalky base for HP Harrer's Blaufränkisch, which is characterised by cool westerly winds. The rest is made up of small, healthy berries and a precise winemaker's signature, which can be roughly summarised under the keywords: biodyn...
Data sheet
Grape variety: Pinot Noir
Vineyard: Lange Ohn
Harvest: By hand
Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts
Ageing: in used wooden barrels
Filtration: no
SO₂: < 30mg/l
Closure: Natural cork
Drinking temperature: 16-18 °C
Perfect drinking maturity: from now - 2030
Content and price per li...
HP Harrer: Ton, Steine, Reben - Blaufränkisch 2017
Wein
€29,90
HP Harrer's small winery in Neusiedl and Silvio Messana's Azienda Montesecondo in San Casciano may be a good 1000 kilometres of motorway and a national border apart, but otherwise there are a lot of parallels. Both have been cultivating their vineyards biodynamically for many years and both have ...
According to HP Harrer, Neuburger belongs in northern Burgenland just as Sangiovese belongs in Tuscany. Unfortunately, only very few people see it that way, but the few Neuburger specimens that do exist seem to confirm his opinion.
For the sake of Neuburger, HP has thrown away his original philos...
Zweigelt was at the top of our personal list of outlawed grape varieties for years. This was followed by Welschriesling, Gelber Muskateller and a few more varieties that have long since received their absolution, as well as Zweigelt. We believe that we have little to do with age milds, but mainly...
If you want to know what the third dimension feels like in a glass of white wine, you should try Guido Zampaglione's Montemattina. Although - and this needs to be mentioned briefly - the wine is not really white. Nor is it yellow or gold. Rather, it shines in the most beautiful copper colour. Thi...
Every few weeks, Guido Zampaglione gets into his car and drives through the night from Gamalero in southern Piedmont to Calitri, in the hills east of Avellino. 894 kilometres lie between the two places, but what wouldn't you do for a great love - and it seems to be unconditional between Guido and...
Vintages are always a big topic in the wine world. We agree that they are not entirely unimportant, but we do not share the hype about them and are rather sceptical about the views on what is really great and what is rather lousy. Firstly because we can remember massive errors in judgement since ...
Many years ago, the Schillerberg rosé was the first Austrian rosé that gave me the feeling that this style of wine could also produce more than just banal summer wines in Central Europe. In the meantime, a few more rosés have been added, but Jörg Bretz's Schillerberg continues to reside firmly in...
The Mont Blanc (der Weiße Berg) is in Neusiedl. At least if Jörg Bretz has his way. A few years ago, he decided to give his cuvée of Grüner Veltliner and Pinot Blanc the name Weißer Berg, although we still don't know why he did so (we suspect it's because of the colour of the soil, but we'll find...
"We can make even more from Pinot Blanc than from Chardonnay," says Jörg Bretz. In order to achieve more, Jörg Bretz follows a few principles that no other winegrower we know of in Austria pursues with the same rigour.
In short, they can be summarised as follows: a lot of manual work, meticulous...
Malvazija Istriana is the most remarkable member of the fundamentally exciting Malvasia family. Its epicentre is the Karst and Collio around Trieste. The barren, harsh and often bora-influenced conditions are too harsh for many plants, but they are perfect for Malvazija Istriana.
At Aleks Klinec...
Sivi Pinot - better known as Pinot Gris or Grauburgunder - is one of the white grape varieties, the grapes of which are not actually mature. Rather, the berries shimmer copper-colored in autumn. And accordingly, wines from the grape variety, when they are fermented on the mash, have the color of ...
Data Sheet
Grape variety: Friulano (Tocai)
Vineyard: Ponka
Harvest: by hand
Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, 4 days contact with the skins
Ageing: Two years in 2000-litre acacia wood barrels, followed by a few months in steel tanks to clarify the wine naturally
Filtration: no
SO₂: <2...
Rebula is one of the autochthonous varieties of the Collio. What is called Ribolla Gialla on the Italian side produces mostly neutral wines when vinified in a modern way. Unless the grapes are fermented on the skins. Because what makes the Rebula is in the grape skins. And that is spectacular.
A...