Baltasis
Tasted as a sample in late June 2017, the 2016 Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein 1ÖTW offers a clear, fresh, lovely, pure, precise and aromatic bouquet of bright ripe fruits (like pears!) intermixed with the vital and flinty minerality of the Heiligenstein terroir. The wine is vital and elegant on the palate, intense, long and aromatic but also fresh and vibrant like a jive. The finish is salty and piquant and combines ripeness and fruit intensity with finesse and freshness.
The Jurtschitsch winery, situated in Langenlois, is one of the most prestigious wineries in Austria which impeccably displays Austrian wine culture at its best. Alwin and Stefanie Jurtschitsch having been leading the family estate for some time now and have managed to reinterpret premium wine in their own way. For the two of them this means vinifying authentic, complex and terroir-specific wines with cool, elegant stylistics - in other words, permitting the different appellations in Langenlois to express themselves individually. The new parameters, which are in fact based on long-standing traditions form the origin for this: biological farming, healthy soils, minimal interventions in the cellar and specifically experimenting to keep on top of the endless riches hidden away in the wine world.