Grapes: Gruner Veltliner
Region: Wagram, Austria
Vintage: 2024
Viticulture: Organic
Soils: Loess
Vinification: Direct press, fermented in tank
Aging: 6-9 months in tank
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: None added
Notes from the Importer: Toni Soellner is a small-scale producer of handcrafted Demeter certified biodynamic wines in the hills of the Donauland. Now called Wagram, this land looks over the Danube valley just to the east of the Kamptal. The vines grow on terraces of loess (some of the deepest deposits in the world), mussel-chalk, and red gravel, amidst herbs, legumes and wild flowers. The wines are aged in large oak foudre in the traditional Austrian fashion. These are very well balanced, very natural tasting, textured wines. The Wogenrain is a superb value, the Hengstberg being similar to a good Wachau, and all the wines have expressive minerality. Working in harmony with nature, with Daniela, his wife, Toni Soellner is not following a fad, but has practiced his biodynamic farming since 1995.
