Vintage 2024

The Merlot reserve 2024 is a dry red from Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf. The grapes came in on 18 September at 22 °KMW. Austria did not make much wine that year: 1,87 million hectolitres, the smallest harvest since 2010. Late frost, drought, hail and heavy rain all had a say. The batch is 2.000 litres.

Ried Hutweide

The grapes for Merlot reserve 2024 grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Teesdorf, on pure gravel that holds hardly any water and naturally has little humus. Its rows are green all year, sown with clover, phacelia and buckwheat instead of grass. We use no herbicides.

View the vineyard site on riedenkarten.at

How we care for the soil

The 2024 harvest

Der Most für Merlot reserve 2024 hatte 22 °KMW: Die Klosterneuburger Mostwaage misst, wie viel Zucker im Traubensaft steckt, ein Grad entspricht etwa einem Prozent.

What the figures say

Merlot reserve 2024 has 14.1 % vol. alcohol, 2.5 g/l residual sugar and 5.8 g/l acidity. It is made in a dry style, which under wine law means no more than 4 g/l residual sugar, or up to 9 g/l if the acidity is at most 2 g/l lower.

The sugar-free extract of Merlot reserve 2024 is 30.1 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 31 mg/l free and 73 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 346 kJ or 83 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20917/26 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.

The Reserve line

Merlot reserve 2024 belongs to our Reserve line, whose wines stay in the barrel longest with us. Depending on variety and vintage, 20 to 80 per cent new barrels are used for it.

Reserve winemaking step by step

Vintage 2023

Our Merlot reserve comes from Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf. In 2023 the vines in Austria did not flower until mid-June. Our Merlot grapes ended up at 23 °KMW.

In the glass it is a bright ruby, it smells of ripe cherries and has powerful tannins. All told there are 1.500 litres. At competitions the Merlot reserve 2023 collected gold at the Lower Austria State Wine Awards, gold at the Thermenregion Wine Awards 2026 and a place in the SALON Österreich Wein 2026.

Ried Hutweide

The grapes for Merlot reserve 2023 grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Teesdorf, on pure gravel that holds hardly any water and naturally has little humus. Its rows are green all year, sown with clover, phacelia and buckwheat instead of grass. We use no herbicides.

View the vineyard site on riedenkarten.at

How we care for the soil

The 2023 harvest

The must for Merlot reserve 2023 measured 23 °KMW: the Klosterneuburg must scale shows how much sugar is in the grape juice, one degree being roughly one per cent.

Awards

What the figures say

Merlot reserve 2023 has 15.0 % vol. alcohol, 1.5 g/l residual sugar and 5.8 g/l acidity. It is made in a dry style, which under wine law means no more than 4 g/l residual sugar, or up to 9 g/l if the acidity is at most 2 g/l lower.

The sugar-free extract of Merlot reserve 2023 is 30.5 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 34 mg/l free and 55 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 364 kJ or 87 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20338/25 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.

The Reserve line

Merlot reserve 2023 belongs to our Reserve line, whose wines stay in the barrel longest with us. Depending on variety and vintage, 20 to 80 per cent new barrels are used for it.

Reserve winemaking step by step

Vintage 2021

The Merlot reserve 2021 is no longer available from the estate, it has all been drunk. It grew in the Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf, and we picked it on 11 October 2021. Austria produced 2,46 million hectolitres of wine that year, while the Thermenregion had 6 % less than in 2020.

It was a deep ruby with violet glints and smelled of dark berries, plum, subtle oak and earth. It was full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long finish. In all there were 1.600 litres. The Merlot reserve 2021 was recognised with the state title at the Lower Austria State Wine Awards, gold at the Thermenregion Wine Awards 2025 and 94 points at the Organic Wine Award International.

Ried Hutweide

The grapes for Merlot reserve 2021 grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Teesdorf, on pure gravel that holds hardly any water and naturally has little humus. Its rows are green all year, sown with clover, phacelia and buckwheat instead of grass. We use no herbicides.

View the vineyard site on riedenkarten.at

How we care for the soil

The 2021 harvest

The must for Merlot reserve 2021 measured 22 °KMW: the Klosterneuburg must scale shows how much sugar is in the grape juice, one degree being roughly one per cent.

Awards

What the figures say

Merlot reserve 2021 has 14.5 % vol. alcohol, 1.0 g/l residual sugar and 5.5 g/l acidity. It is made in a dry style, which under wine law means no more than 4 g/l residual sugar, or up to 9 g/l if the acidity is at most 2 g/l lower.

The sugar-free extract of Merlot reserve 2021 is 30.0 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 23 mg/l free and 62 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 334 kJ or 81 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20856/23 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.

The Reserve line

Merlot reserve 2021 belongs to our Reserve line, whose wines stay in the barrel longest with us. Depending on variety and vintage, 20 to 80 per cent new barrels are used for it.

Reserve winemaking step by step