The Wine

First Vintage

2023 Alibi

  • Our premier vintage is a blend of 90% Grüner Veltliner and 10% Chenin Blanc. The organic grapes were handpicked on 10 October 2023.

  • The must underwent spontaneous fermentation for 10 days followed by malolatic fermentation where it aged in amphora for 10 months. 

  • This is a low intervention wine with notes of butter cream, brioche and lemon curd.

  • The wine is bottled in 500ml brown glass bottles. It will be extremely limited to less than 95 bottles. Each bottle will be individually hand stamped with its serial number. 

  • 12.5% ALC

    14 mg/Liter of Free SO2 

    46 mg/Liter of Total SO2 

    TA 4.0 g/Liter 

    pH 3.49

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The Vineyard

Ried Kremsleithen

Kremsleithen is derived from the steep slope (“Leiten” in German) that runs down to the river Krems. It was first mentioned in records dating back to 1266.

More than 30 years ago there were vines here and in May 2022 they returned. This 1,000 square meters vineyard features primordial rock, clay and sandy topsoils on a terraced slope 300-350 meters above sea level.

Learn more about the wine region here.

The first vintage was bottled on 31 August 2023.

Everything done in the vineyard.

The highest parts of the vineyard has steep slopes with Sémillon and Roussanne planted in clay soil. It’s an example of agroforestry, as the vines are surrounded by many trees, flora and bushes.

The wooden shed is the press room where the grapes will be crushed using a pneumatic press.

Tasting “Schuppen” Room

We transformed an old storage shed in the vineyard into an industrial chic tasting room. It was filled with decades of clutter, which had to be removed, carried down the steep slopes and into a moving van.

“Schuppen” is German for shed and while it will always be a shed, now it’s a shed that will serve wine. We considered tearing it down and building something new, but it’s protected for its cultural heritage to the wine region.

Cellar

Behind the tasting room is the cellar. Here we have two 110 liter steel tanks for fermenting the wine, which will then be racked into a 55 liter amphora where it will age.

The cellar is also where the solar battery is stored. Behind the mint green door is a small cave built into the slate stone where the amphora is kept.