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Schloss Gobelsburg
Schloss Gobelsburg is a historic winery, owned by a Cistercian monastery and possessing wonderful old vineyards in the Kamptal region. This is one of the three top quality Danube areas of Austria and altogether has just 2500 hectares of vines. Gobelsburg have around 40 of these. It's the oldestwinery in the region, founded in 1171, and it was run by the monks themselves until 1995. In 1996 winemaking and management responsi...Read more
Schloss Gobelsburg is a historic winery, owned by a Cistercian monastery and possessing wonderful old vineyards in the Kamptal region. This is one of the three top quality Danube areas of Austria and altogether has just 2500 hectares of vines. Gobelsburg have around 40 of these. It's the oldestwinery in the region, founded in 1171, and it was run by the monks themselves until 1995. In 1996 winemaking and management responsibilities were taken over by Michael Moosbrugger, who was showing these wines. He took a soft-revisionist approach, changing the winemaking process and restructuring the vineyards, but only where necessary. The leap in quality has been dramatic. In terms of varietal composition, the vineyards are split three ways, with half devoted to Grüner Veltliner, 25% to Riesling and the rest to red varieties. The relatively high proportion of red grapes stems from the history of the winery: the Cistercians here had a close connection with their brothers in Burgundy, and were responsible for bringing Pinot Noir to the region. One of Michael's goals is to show Grüner Veltliner in its different facets and personalities. Thevineyards have quite different geologies and this is something that he's keen to see expressed inthe wines.Read less
