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Weingut Alphart

As Florian Alphart was ill when I visited his family’s estate in Traiskirchen in early February, I had the opportunity to taste the current vintages with his father Karl, who took over this property in 1986 and turned it into what is today. Son Florian returned to the estate in 2008 at the age of only 24 and has continued to coax more from the vineyards in each of his first six vintages.

Never averse to risk and with a good sense of what is possible, father and son embrace a very modern, approachable style that has a strong following in Austria itself--particularly among those who dine at the estate’s own bistro. Although the wines can appear at times somewhat heavy-handed, with overwhelming oak, they age well, which is why the Alpharts are planning to build a new cellar. They'd like to hold back their wines for another year, or even longer to release their wines at year later--or even more.

Most of the estate’s 28 hectares of vineyards lie in the heart of the Thermenregion, tucked underneath the woods of the Vienna Hills. The soil is mostly brown earth on a chalky base, and the Alpharts call their Teigelsteiner site Backoffen (or oven) because of the heat accumulation in the summer. It is so warm here that harvest sometimes begins in late August. Of the 150,000 bottles produced each year, exports account for only about 15% of total sales.

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

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2013 Chardonnay Teigelsteiner

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