Trenning gives one of the most unique rieslings on the planet, in the hand of Michael and Franz this grape can truly enfold its true potential. The wine opens with flinty, smokey peppery notes revealing white peach, lime peel with elegant floral notes, its precision is truly mesmerising.

Winemaker | Michael Linke, Franz Hofbauer

Region | Spitzer Graben, Wachau, Austria

Variety | Riesling

Viticulture | Biodynamic

Soil | Graphite and a little limestone on gneiss.

Altitude | 500 m

Age of the vines | 60 years

Bottles made | 800 bottles

Single Vineyard

The Trenning is the highest vineyard in the Wachau lying at a 550m altitude. The south exposer makes the viticultural viable on the otherwise cold, windy and dry territory. Due to the steep slopes it can only be cultivated by hand as no machinery is able to climb it. The usual gneiss base soil is enriched by graphite and some limestone resulting in higher acidity and a more feminine style.

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