Peppery, flinty mineral and tense at first; giving it a little time it opens out beautifully revealing its stone-fruit characters and really long finish. Maximum elegance in each drop. A wonderful example of high quality Grüner Veltliner from the side valley of Wachau.

Winemaker | Michael Linke, Franz Hofbauer

Region | Spitzer Graben, Wachau, Austria

Variety | Grüner Veltliner

Viticulture | Biodynamic

Soil | Calcareous, sandy-marls

Altitude | 500 m

Age of the vines | 10 - 40 years

Bottles made | 1500 bottles

Interesting Facts

The grapes for this wine have been grown in the side valley, west of the Danube called “Spitzer Graben”. This is where Michael and Franz has their single vineyard sites. These are steep terraced slopes at very high altitude. They use the grapes that are on the lower parts of the vineyards or slightly younger plantations.

Vinification

The clusters were whole-bunch pressed. Then, the juice was spontaneously fermented in steel tanks and left on its fine lees to mature. After 8 months it was bottled without fining or filtration.

Vintages

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 great year in the Wachau, resulting in wines with deep fruit concentration and high acidity.

2016 is known for being a difficult rainy and cold vintage. Resulted in a very long harvest due to meticulous selection, naturally lowering the yield and concentrating the juice.