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Hirsch

Hannes (i.e., Johannes) Hirsch has been a creative force behind many of the Kamptal’s most memorable wines of the past two decades. He was the first Austrian grower I am aware of to have kicked every cépage but Riesling and Grüner Veltliner out of his cellar (in 1997). He was the first to completely commit his production (from 2003 on) to screwcap bottling (in the face of a threatened boycott that never materialized), and among the first to commit his top bottlings to nine months’ __élevage. Hirsch was among Lower Austria’s “class of 2006” growers to convert to biodynamics and has since been an eloquent spokesperson for that approach. Although Josef Hirsch foresightedly passed the reins of this estate to his son at a very early age, the two continue to work as a team and are almost continually in their vineyards except when on the road selling wine. Starting with 2013, bottlings have been dedicated to the estate’s small holdings of Grüner Veltliner in the Grub and Renner vineyards--material that was formerly blended into his Heiligenstein bottling.

From 2013: A Great Vintage for Austrian Riesling and Grüner Veltliner (Nov 2015) by David Schildknecht

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2013 Grüner Veltliner

Release Price: $24

Color: White

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