Weingut Tegernseerhof

Wachau, Austria
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard
Tegernseerhof vineyard

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Fifth generation winegrower, Martin Mittelbach runs Tegernseerhof, a winery that dates back to 1176. The Wachau is a climatic tug-of-war between eastern Pannonian warm winds and cold western and northern winds. Organically certified in the early 2020s, Tegernseerhof’s vineyards are mostly located in the Wachau’s eastern end on gneiss and loess. Martin’s razor-sharp wines are aged exclusively in steel.

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Weingut Tegernseerhof Durnstein Gruner Veltliner

Weingut Tegernseerhof - 2023 Grüner Veltliner, Dürnstein, Federspiel

Price: $32.00
Size: 750ml
Availability: 

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Type of Wine: White
Grape(s): 100% Grüner Veltliner
Style: Mineral, Elegant and Aromatic
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GROWER OVERVIEW

Fifth generation winegrower, Martin Mittelbach runs the historical Wachau winery, Tegernseerhof, which dates back more than a thousand years. Organically certified in the early 2020s, their Riesling vineyards are mostly located on the steep upper terraces composed of gneiss, and the Grüner Veltliners (except the cru, Hohereck, which is on a steep gneiss slope) are on lower loess terraces of the Wachau’s most eastern end, Loiben. All the grapes are harvested by hand and carefully sorted to remove any botrytis grapes that add unnecessary weight to Martin’s razor-sharp wines aged on their lees and exclusively in steel vats. All grapes are whole-cluster pressed and fermented naturally (unless sluggish) and sometimes go through malolactic fermentation, though in principle it is not desired. All wines are filtered, a necessity to remove any remaining malic acid bacteria from the inhibited malolactic fermentations, and the Grüner Veltliners are fined, also a necessary technique for this extremely protein-heavy variety.

VINEYARD DETAILS

Tegernseerhof’s Dürnstein Grüner Veltliner is a mix of many different parcels low on the terraced slopes and on loess plateaus next to the Danube between 200-280m. The bedrock and topsoil are primarily loess and river alluvium.

CELLAR NOTES

Hand harvest, rigorous sorting, no botrytis, natural ferment in stainless.

About The Wine

Grown on a patchwork of different soils between the Danube and the Riesling terraces, Dürnstein’s (formerly Frauenweingarten) alluvial river sands bring bright notes of spice, honeysuckle, and white pepper to the forefront. The piercingly mineral nose is further enhanced by notes of dried yellow and green grasses, white radish, while the deep, glycerol back palate is characterized by Indian spices and a slight minty, lime finish. Between the Veltliners in Tegernseerhof’s range (all of which are raised in stainless steel), this is the easiest and most universal for all palates.

Note: 2017 Tegernseerhof Durnstein is the new name for Frauenweingarten. Durnstein is the town in which the estate is located. There is no differences in parcels or winemaking. Everything is the same as previous vintages.

Martin decided to change the name from Frauenweingarten to Durnstein in the 2017 vintage because he thought it best represented where the wine is from – the town of Durnstein. Also, Frauenweingarten is the only one of his skus that isn’t a single parcel so its like his “estate bottling”.

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