Wine description:
Fresh, lively apple fruit on the nose with fine aromas of grapefruit. On the palate, this fresh and fruity Grüner Veltliner presents an elegant, lively and drinkable pepperiness.
On the variety and origins of this wine:
The abbey’s vineyards in Klosterneuburg are located on both terraces and steeply sloping ground. With their favourable microclimate, these hillsides along the Danube offer the Grüner Veltliner, the most important Austrian grape varieties, excellent conditions and produce wines of impressive quality year after year.
Wine Estate of Klosterneuburg Abbey:
Since its foundation in 1114 Klosterneuburg Abbey has been growing wine and therefore is the oldest wine estate of Austria. With 108 Hectares of vineyards it is one of the country‘s largest and most renowned estates. The vineyards are situated in selected top locations in Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Gumpoldskirchen and Tattendorf. Since the year 2009 it is the first carbon neutral wine estate in Europe.
