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R. & A. Pfaffl

Roman Pfaffl began his wine career in 1978 with next to nothing. Today he and his son Josef, who took over the day-to-day operation of the estate in 2011, exploit 80 hectares of vineyards spread out over 11 villages, with soil structures ranging from deep loess and chalk to sand and gravel. One of the first to exploit the potential of Grüner Veltliner, Pfaffl Senior quickly made a name for himself by maturing some of them in wood.

He was also a pioneer in cultivating St. Laurent, which is often one of my favorite wines from this estate. His often outsized style appears to some today to be almost old-fashioned, but I would not go quite that far. I'd describe the wines as being made with a New World approach that values drinkability.

In addition to the roughly 500,000 bottles that the Pfaffls make from their own grapes, this very professionally managed winery has also developed the One Dot label with their American importer. With names like Austrian Pepper Grüner Veltliner and Austrian Cherry Zweigelt, these wines retail for only about $12 a bottle.

From Austria 2013 (Sep 2015) by Joel B. Payne

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