Austria’s spectacular 2021s

The ‘baby Heiligenstein’ is astonishing in 2021. There’s incredible richness to the fruit, and there’s a weight and density here. The palate has a purity and detail to the yellow fruit, and there’s a texture and expressiveness that goes on and on.

This comes from the vineyard at the bottom of the Gaisberg hill, where there’s Loess that comes down from that vineyard. It’s so intense, fine-boned and beautiful, with lots of minerality on the finish. A beautiful expression of Grüner.

Right in between Heiligenstein and Gaisberg, with pure Loess soils, protected on 3 sides. The resulting wine is really tropical and intense, with weight and texture and opulence and spice. This is beautifully balanced. Silky and then pithy, and the minerality makes you salivate so much. Very long indeed.