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Prieler

The Prieler family traces their presence in Schützen am Gebirge to 1347. Viticulture has been documented for the past 150 years. Georg Prieler, who runs the estate today, has been on board since 2004 and took over fully in 2014. He trained at the local viticultural school, followed by stints at Bodegas Norton in Argentina and Quartz Reef in Central Otago, New Zealand. Prieler farms 24 hectares of vines in Schützen am Gebirge and Oggau, of which 45% are Blaufränkisch and 35% Weissburgunder. In contrast, the remaining 20% are split into Merlot, St Laurent, Chardonnay, Welschriesling and Gemischter Satz, “reflecting the fashions of past decades,” he jokes. Prieler’s focus, however, clearly is on Pinot Blanc and Blaufränkisch. His Pinot Blancs are some of the most expressive wines of this grape variety. They ferment after prolonged skin contact in stainless steel, wood, and amphora (the first vintage using amphorae was 2019). When vintages are too warm for skin contact (like 2018, for instance), he ferments with a portion of whole berries. His reds, by now, almost all age in 1,200-liter barrels. His ferments are started off in stainless steel to favor ambient yeast on the grapes over the yeast population in the cellar, then transferred into the vessels in which they will finish fermenting and maturing. Prieler’s red wines used to be big and bold in the past, but for the last few years, Georg Prieler has forged a much leaner, fine-boned style that allows the intrinsic power of the wines to shine without relying on extraction or oak.

From 2022 Burgenland and Austria’s East – A Heaven for Unsung but Compelling Reds (Feb 2024) by Anne Krebiehl MW

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2022 Pinot Blanc Schützen am Gebirge Ried Seeberg

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