Höllerer Langer Weg Alte Reben Reserve 2021

Winemaking: This wine is made from grapes from old plots (+/- 50 years) with a soil of granite, gneiss and loess around Engabrunn. A small part of the juice ferments with the vineyard's own yeasts in small wooden barrels of acacia wood and the rest in stainless steel tanks. After fermentation, the wine is blended and matured for a few months in large oak barrels before bottling.

Producer & region: Weingut Höllerer is a close-knit family business that has been making wine for generations in the town of Engabrunn in the Kamptal wine region. The love for wine growing and the respectful contact with nature are passed on from generation to generation.

Winemaker Alois Höllerer has an enormous variety of grapes with 23 hectares of vineyards. He makes pure and fresh wines from, among others, the Gruner Veltiner, Riesling, Gutedel, Roter Veltliner and Weisserburgunder. They do not use insecticides or herbicides, and their quality wines are vegan without exception.

The winery is located in the wine community of Grafenegg on the foothills of the Kamptal. The microclimates and soil types that coincide here allow the winery to find an excellent location for each of their grape varieties. This also explains the vastness of their vineyards: from the slopes of the Strasser Gaisberg to the best plots in Engabrunn and the terraces on the Wagram. For example, their vines are on deep loess, on gneiss or on terraced gravel covered with a layer of loess.

The Kamptal is a leading wine region in Lower Austria and is known for high-quality Austrian wines, mainly from Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. The area, named after the river Kamp, is home to various soil types such as loess and slate, which contributes to the complexity of the wines.

Wine & Food: As an aperitif, grilled fish dishes, shellfish, white meat and poultry, salads, asparagus/vegetable dishes, spicy dishes with lemongrass and chili.

Other information: The Austrian term for an individual vineyard is Ried. The name that comes after Ried refers to the vineyard where the grapes for the wine in question come from. If there is no Ried on the label, the grapes come from different plots. The designation DAC (Districtus Austriae Controlatus) is an Austrian designation of origin that guarantees that the wine complies with the rules and typicity of the region of origin. This system has existed since 2002 and is comparable to the French AOC system.