Harvest and Maturing

Harvest

handpicked

Fermentation

spontaneous

large wooden barrel | used barrel

Maturing

large wooden barrel | used barrel

Vineyard

Geografical Orientation

north east, east

Soil

loess

calcareous

danube gravel

The flat-lying vineyard site is located at the foot of the Göttweig mountain, on an ancient terrace of the Danube River. The name relates to the word ‘Goetschen’ from the Salzburg region, which refers to sharp rocky projections on a mountain ridge. There is such a projection in the Gottschelle area, falling away steeply down towards the road to the village of Steinaweg. The vineyard was first documented (in 1341) as ‘Gotschalich’. The sandy-silty soils are derived from the underlying, highly calcareous, loess. The thick covering of loess was deposited over several stages of the Ice Age, as indicated by the intervening layers of gravel and ancient soils that are exposed in the ravine below the vineyard.