The Bruck Riesling, without a doubt the most iconic single vineyard in the valley in its purest form! It results in a wine with the greatest ageing potential and a more masculine style compared to the other single vineyards. The nose is packed with ripe stone-fruits, lime peel paired with fresh pepper and flinty wet stony minerality.

Winemaker | Michael Linke, Franz Hofbauer

Region | Spitzer Graben, Wachau, Austria

Variety | Riesling

Viticulture | Biodynamic

Soil |  Granodiorite gneiss, amphibolite and sand topsoil

Altitude | 500 m

Age of the vines | 30 years

Bottles made | 600 bottles

Single Vineyard | Bruck

The Bruck is the steepest single vineyard in the valley stretching between 400 and 500m altitude. The soil here consist of granodiorite gneiss and amphibolite base soil and sand topsoil. It would be impossible to cultivate if it wouldn’t be for the hundreds of stonewalls supporting the permeable sandy top soil. It always results in a more masculine style riesling with piercing acidity.

Vinification

This wine is made from the very best grapes grown on their top plots. The clusters were whole-bunch pressed and the juice was spontaneously fermented in steel tanks. The wine was left on its fine lees to mature. After 8 months it was bottled without fining or filtration with a little bit of sulphur.

2022 was a very odd one. Started out dry then got very rainy occasionally which resulted in a slightly earlier ripening and with wines that are fast developing, easily approachable and charming

2018 was a warmer vintage than 2017 that brought the harvest slightly forward resulting in sharper and more focused wines.