2022 Riesling Furth

The Benedictine Stift Göttweig has been making wine since 1083. However, the estate as it currently exists dates back to 2006 when the monastery's long lease of vineyards and cellar ran out, and they were looking for another long-term lessee. A group of locals headed by Fritz Miesbauer—who also runs the municipal wine estate of the town of Krems, Weingut Stadt Krems—won the lease, and now the same team runs the estate (Miesbauer, cellarmaster Peter Rethaller and viticulturist Jürgen Peter). There are 30 hectares of vineyards, mostly on the right bank of the Danube, except for the Pfaffenberg in Krems. Plantings are split into 75% Grüner Veltliner and 15% Riesling, with the remaining 10% taken up by Pinot Noir, Zweigelt and Chardonnay. The wines are made in the Stadt Krems cellar in the same clean-cut, precise style that allows for both fruit- and site-expression. Riesling is made exclusively in stainless steel. During my visit, I tasted the 2022 Grüner Veltliners, Rieslings and Rosé, and one Pinot Noir from 2021.