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Essentials
Region
Austria > Steiermark
Appellation
N/A
Grapes
Pinot Noir
Soil
schist
Facts
Organic certified (Euro leaf), Biodynamic (Demeter certified), Single-vineyard, Vinnatur, Unfiltered, Unfined, No added SO2, Hand harvest, Native yeast, Permaculture
ABV
N/A
Residual Sugar
N/A
Sulfite Level
1 mg/L
Total Acidity
N/A
Production (Bottles)
N/A
The vineyard
Hochegg
Exposure
South to Southeast
Age of the wines
N/A
Altitude
N/A
Size
N/A
The cellar
Handpicked grapes are destemmed and fermented in open vats. The maceration lasts until the fermentation is complete.
Vessel
Neutral oak
Elevage
Fermented juice is transferred manually using buckets to used Burgundy oak barrels and aged for about a year. Then it is manually bottled in small batches without filtration, fining or addition of sulfur.
Type of closure
natural cork
In our opinion, Pinot Noir is the 'queen' of the red wine varieties. This magical Pinot Noir from our vineyard Hochegg has all sorts of facets and will enchant everyone. Its elegance, depth and liveliness paired with the stony, spicy minerality of the soil of our mountain called Sausal is particularly fascinating. The soil in our vineyard Hochegg is characterized by rough siliceous primary rock, whereby the slate rock is colored red-brown due to iron deposits. The open, high and steep hillside, which faces south to south-south-east, leads to a very airy microclimate.
In our opinion, Pinot Noir is the 'queen' of the red wine varieties. This magical Pinot Noir from our vineyard Hochegg has all sorts of facets and will enchant everyone. Its elegance, depth and liveliness paired with the stony, spicy minerality of the soil of our mountain called Sausal is particularly fascinating. The soil in our vineyard Hochegg is characterized by rough siliceous primary rock, whereby the slate rock is colored red-brown due to iron deposits. The open, high and steep hillside, which faces south to south-south-east, leads to a very airy microclimate.
Weingut Karl Schnabel-Ermihof is a certified-biodynamic farm located in South Styria or Südsteiermark region of Austria , close to the Slovenian border . one of the trailblazers of the natural wine movement in Austria . Karl and Eva Schnabel run the estate since 2000 , when they came back to the farm to reactivate the family winery , which paused due to the fact that Karl's parents died when he was only 17 . Today , aided by their 3 sons , the Schnabels farm 5 hectares of vineyards , focusing on red grape varieties , which is an anomaly in the region . Karl has studied agricultural economics while , Eva has studied business administration . After working in their fields for several years they decided to ...