The winery has 19 hectares of vines, planted across 3 villages, on the east side of the Lake Neusiedl. Focused on the indigenous grape varieties Zweigelt, Blaufrankisch and St Laurent. Merlot serves as a back up for the blends, while Pinot Noir is planted solely for enjoyment. Claus uses a biodynamic approach, aiming to stay in tune with nature and with the land
he cultivates. This means: cover crops in the vineyard, humus production from cow and horse manure, homeopathic plant support - working with the knowledge derived from Rudolf Steiner. He is the youngest member of the group Pannobile. “The wines are my image of the nature. I try not to influence artificially in the vineyard and cellar. Even if I could amend the wine, I choose not to, because I want to show what the nature is capable of”.
>>CLAUS PREISINGER, BURGENLAND, biodynamic
Variety
2018 Puszta Libre, GV: Zweigelt, Sankt Laurent
2017 ZW Kieselstein, GV: Zweigelt
2017 BF Kalkstein, GV: Blaufränkisch
2012 Claus Pannobile, GV: Zweigelt
2017 Kalkundkiesel White, GV: 60% Pinot Blanc, Grüner Veltliner, Chardonnay, TW: 0 Sulphur
2011 Edelgraben, GV: Pinot Blanc
2013 Claus Grüner Veltliner, GV: Grüner Veltliner; TW: Natural Wine
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>>ZANTHO, BURGENLAND
Andau is situated in the northern part of Burgenland, in the extreme east of the country, in a region called “Seewinkel” close to the Hungarian border. The wines from ZANTHO are made in cooperation with the Umathum winery and Wolfgang Peck from Winzerkeller Andau. Josef Umathum guarantees the high quality of the grapes and is responsible for the quality management in the vineyards. Wolfgang Peck, Managing Director of Winzerkeller Andau, is in charge of the winemaking. Together they produce on 70ha of vineyards typical wines made from indigenous grapes.
Variety
2018 Zantho Grüner Veltliner, GV: Grüner Veltliner
2016 Zantho Eiswein Selection, 37,5 cl; GV: Grüner Veltliner; TW: Sweet wine
2015 Zantho Scheurebe Trockenbeerenauslese, 37,5 cl; GV: Gewürztraminer, Riesling; TW: Sweet wine
2017 Zantho Scheurebe Beerenauslese, 37,5 cl; GV: Riesling, Pinot Blanc; TW: Sweet wine
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Bernhard Ott is the fourth generation of the Ott family to grow and produce wine in the Wagram region of Lower Austria. The family has produced wine in the region since 1889, Bernhard took over the management of the winery, relatively rencently, in 1995. He succeeded his father and has expanded the estate to 28 ha in Feuersbrunn and Engabrunn. Since then, Bernhard has improved the cellar with new stainless steel tanks, initiated the use of Stelvin for all bottling and converted many of the vineyards to biodynamic cultivation, certified by RESPEKT. He has found that since conversion he can harvest his grapes at physiological ripeness several weeks earlier than before, resulting in lower alcohol wines. Bernhard Ott was awarded Austria’s highest accolade as Falstaff’s Winemaker of the Year in 2008. Vineyard area: 28 hectares.
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Variety
2018 Am Berg, GV: Grüner Veltliner from a significant vineyard, just north of the old Wagram
2018 Faß 4, GV: Grüner Veltliner from 5 small parcels on the edge of the Rosenberg
2018 Gemischter Satz, GV: Welschriesling, Pinot Blanc, Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc;
TW: field blend from Niederosterreigh area; in conversion to organic farming
2012 Spiegel, (Biodyamic), GV: Grüner Veltliner from a single vineyard. Critics review: 93RP
2017 Rosenberg (Biodyamic), GV: Grüner Veltliner. Ott’s signature wine
2014 Der Ott, GV: Grüner Veltliner; TW: 2014 cuvée from Ott´s single vineyards: Spiegel, Stein and Rosenberg
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