Vintage 2024

We picked the Pinot noir reserve 2024 on 5 September in Ried Hutweide in Tattendorf. In the April before, several late frosts had hit parts of the Thermenregion hard, of all places. It is a dry red, and there are 1.000 litres of it.

Ried Hutweide

The grapes for Pinot noir reserve 2024 grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Tattendorf, 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 Pinot noir reserve 2024 hatte 21 °KMW: Die Klosterneuburger Mostwaage misst, wie viel Zucker im Traubensaft steckt, ein Grad entspricht etwa einem Prozent.

What the figures say

Pinot noir reserve 2024 has 13.7 % vol. alcohol, 2.4 g/l residual sugar and 5.3 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 Pinot noir reserve 2024 is 30.4 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 36 mg/l free and 85 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 334 kJ or 80 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20916/26 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.

The Reserve line

Pinot noir 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 Pinot noir reserve has its vines in Ried Hutweide in Tattendorf. In 2023 Austria harvested 8 % less wine than in 2022, 2,33 million hectolitres in all.

The wine has delicately bitter roasted notes and a clearly Burgundian character. We only have 1.000 litres of it. The Pinot noir reserve 2023 earned third place 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 Pinot noir reserve 2023 grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Tattendorf, 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 Pinot noir reserve 2023 measured 21.5 °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

Pinot noir reserve 2023 has 13.8 % vol. alcohol, 2.7 g/l residual sugar and 5.2 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 Pinot noir reserve 2023 is 29.6 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 24 mg/l free and 67 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 338 kJ or 81 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20337/25 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.

The Reserve line

Pinot noir 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 2022

Our 2022 Pinot noir reserve comes from the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Teesdorf. The grapes were picked by 15 September 2022. Austria produced 8 % more red wine in 2022 than the year before. In the glass, delicately bitter roasted aromas, entirely Burgundian in style.

There are 1.050 litres of it. The Pinot noir reserve 2022 was recognised with third place at the Lower Austria State Wine Awards 2025 and an award at the Thermenregion DAC Trophy 2024.

Ried Hutweide

The grapes for Pinot noir reserve 2022 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 2022 harvest

The must for Pinot noir reserve 2022 measured 20 °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

Pinot noir reserve 2022 has 13.1 % vol. alcohol, 1.4 g/l residual sugar and 5.7 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 Pinot noir reserve 2022 is 27.8 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 18 mg/l free and 50 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 318 kJ or 76 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20531/24 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.

The Reserve line

Pinot noir reserve 2022 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