Handpicked Grapes

Our family has been growing wine for many generations, which is why treating nature responsibly and with respect comes naturally to us - after all, the soils also have to give future generations the opportunity to harvest healthy grapes. Planting crop covers stimulates the soil, ensureing nutrient supply to the vines. This also promotes biodiversity - and this simply is the best plant protection.

We take care of our vines simply with our own hands: cleaning the vines, careful canopy management, thinning out as well as grape harvesting and selecting are all carried out exclusively by hand. This allows us to harvest healthy and ripe grapes every year.

A Piece of Nature in every Glas

Gentle grape processing and simple cellar management maintain the natural aroma of the grapes. We want you to be able to taste a little bit of the wonderful region we live in and the passion we develope while taking care of our treasure.

Let your ancestors have a good life because of your work

Saving ressources and optimize all our work is one of our main goals. We use light weight bottles, even for our high quality wines. Our partners are all in our direct surrounding and we pursue the reduction of CO2 in our company. We try not to use the traktor too often in the vineyards and we implemented a PV-plant on the roof of our cellar.

Geology

LIME AND LOESS

From a geological point of view, Herrnbaumgarten is located at the north-western border of the Vienna basin. For millions of years, the lower parts – today in a depth of up to 5,000 m – were covered by Paratethys, a shallow tropical sea. The mighty tertiary sediments of clay, sand, schlier and lime stem from this era.

Over 5 million years ago, the Vienna basin was completely silted up with sedimentation. In the Ice Ages, large areas of the Weinviertel were covered by fine grained, medium-weight and lime-rich sediments wind blown from the flood plains bare of vegetation (loess).

This loess layer is up to 15 m thick. On the slopes, however, the loess was partly washed away. That is where older sediments influence the vines.

This situation allows us to plant our vines on the following geological conditions:

Tertiary Sediments of lime and clay: very rich in lime, heave and meagre (Altenbergen, Krainholz), ideal for Zweigelt or Pinot varieties

Schlier: Meagre and low in lime (Hannbuch). Fine for Cabernet Sauvignon.

Mighty loess: Rather light, medium lime concentration, warm (Johannesbergen with Hoher Weg as sub-vineyards). Perfect conditions for Grüner Veltliner and Merlot.

Climate

PANNONIAN – CONTINENTAL

With annual precipitation of 500 mm, the Weinviertel is one of the world’s driest wine-growing areas. And hence one of the sunniest too.

The continental influence and the resulting clear and cold nights in autumn prevent a premature respiration of aromatic substances in the grape berries. Autumn mostly is also very dry, so that botrytis (rot) occurs on the grapes in exceptional years only. This allows us to produce white wines of elegance and reds full of character.