Amour Fou 2019

The hand-picked grapes for the Amour Fou come from a vineyard in Langenlois, the Loiserberg. In search of the variety of flavours of the grape variety, combined with the idea of exploring the potential of Grüner Veltliner, we fermented the ripe but not overripe berries on the mash, partly in wooden barrels and partly in a ceramic egg.

Das Jahr 2019 war bis zum Ende der Lese wärmer als 2018, vor allem aufgrund des milden, trockenen Winters im Kamptal. Im Mai brachte kaltes, nasses Wetter eine Verzögerung im Wachstum, während der Sommer warm, aber nicht extrem war, was eine kontinuierliche Entwicklung der Reben ermöglichte. Mitte August begannen wir mit den Vorbereitungen für die Lese, die wenige Tage später startete. Nach Regenfällen ging die Ernte Anfang September unter idealen Bedingungen weiter. Riesling und Grüner Veltliner fanden schnell ihr perfektes Gleichgewicht, und die Lese konnte Ende September abgeschlossen werden. Insgesamt sind wir mit den Bedingungen des Jahres zufrieden, die sich in temperamentvollen, terroirgeprägten und langlebigen Weinen zeigen werden.

The hand-picked grapes for the Amour Fou come from a vineyard in Langenlois, the Loiserberg. In search of the variety of flavours of the grape variety, combined with the idea of exploring the potential of Grüner Veltliner, we fermented the ripe but not overripe berries on the mash, partly in wooden barrels and partly in a ceramic egg. Every day we tasted until the optimum of complexity, aroma and depth was reached. After two weeks we decided to separate the wine from the mash and to store it on the yeast for 18 months. We do not want to overload our natural wines with tannins, but rather tell a story of their variety, the elegant Kamptal fruit and its origin. Fermentation with berries has created a timeless Grüner Veltliner with tension and structure on the palate. An idea, a thought, in search of the diversity of taste in wine.

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.