Hirsch - Riesling Erste Lage 'Zobinger Heiligenstein' 2019 (750ml)

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Producer	Hirsch
Country	Austria
Region	Kamptal
Varietal	Riesling
Vintage	2019
Sku	82123
Size	750ml

 

If wines reflect the winemaker, Johannes Hirsch’s collection of Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners are full of energy and vitality.  In the 1970s, ‘Hannes’ father started organic farming and in 2006, he was one of the founding members of Respekt – a new biodynamic certification.

In the vineyard Hirsch uses BIODYNAMIC preparations and follows the lunar cycle for vineyard work. Eighty five percent of his holdings are in the slopes in the villages of Zöbing and Kammern, home to the Heiligenstein and Gaisberg Riesling vineyards. He is quick to note that “the grape variety is just a way to transport terroir. One hundred years ago, you might just find the village name on the label or the vineyard and no mention of the variety; it was not so important.”  

The outcropping bedrock consists of a reddish-brown sandstone with a high feldspar content, coarse conglomerates, and minor siltstone. These sediments formed approximately 250–280 million years ago under arid conditions, in lakes, ponds, and ephemeral rivers. The rocks contain fossilized plants and gravels with clasts of volcanic rhyolites. 

An abundance of wild-herb, floral and mineral complexity, which takes hold and draws you in, making it difficult for the nervous system to process it all at once.