Weingut Heinrich | Château Monty

Weingut Heinrich is a Biodynamic estate in Gols,

Owners: Mr & Mrs Gernot and Heike Heinrich. Gernot a 100% type of guy. He did BD full on. He bought 100 amphoras.

Staff: Martin Lichtenberger (see Lichtenberger-Gonzaléz) works for Gernot Heinrich.

Philosophy: Source: (retrieved 12 May 2021) ‘Great wines express a sense of place and they are best able to do this when they are rooted in a biologically diverse environment where soil vitality is intact and vines live in symbiosis with the complex ecosystem in which they live. To lend nature and its manifold aspects a voice through our wines is our ultimate aspiration. The ways and means to this objective are marked by many actions and fundamental decisions that set the course and reflect our ethical and qualitative philosophies. Our decision to convert to biodynamic viticulture in 2006 was based on the goal of making our vineyards successively more resilient, more vital, and more heterogeneous,’ say the owners.

‘We allow our wines and ourselves the freedom of increasingly less intervention. Regardless of the fact that all of our wines are fermented spontaneously and that we often like to leave them on the skins for weeks, it is above all else time that shapes our wines. Time for some means weeks, for others years – but all of our wines are given time with the intention of lending balance for their continued journey. To this end, wines remain unadulterated on their own lees, for the most part in used wooden barrels, and develop their own unique spectrum of aromas over time. We are mindful of these natural processes and observe them closely, but we influence them as little as possible, implementing our idea of producing authentic and truly genuine wines as rigorously as we can.”

Biodyamics: 2006+ Member of Respekt.

Vineyards: Burgenland. 90ha (4,000hl) M Bio 2017.

White wines

Neuburger, Freiheit: 2015 From four plots in two different regions on either side of the lake. 24 hours on skins. Pressed. Wild ferment in barrel. Lees aged. Unfiltered with fine lees. NAS. At Tenuta Manincor 24th June 2016.

Weißburgunder, Leithaberg DAC: 2014 60% limestone, 40% schist. West side of the lake. 8 hours on skins. Destemmed (due to mildew). Pressed. To barrel. Wild. 19 months on lees. 30ppm SO2. Fading at Tenuta Manincor 24th June 2016.

Red wines

(Blauer) Zweigelt: 2008 ‘Blauer Zweigelt, Burgenland ‘Oaked.

Blaufränkisch: 2008 Burgenland.

Blaufränkisch, Alter Berg: 2012 Lovely fruit; clean at dinner at the Seehof Keller 23 June 2016.

Blaufränkisch, Gabarinza: 2013 Blaufränkisch + Merlot. Blended after 12m in oak. Sweet/bitter/sour at Tenuta Manincor 24th June 2016.

Blaufränkisch Leithaberg DAC | 2016 Burgenland. 12.5%. From fossilised Kalksandstein and Glimmerscieferboden an den Osthängen des Leithagebirges etabliert. Aged 20 months in 500-litre casks. Rich, smooth fruit with a light tang (tasted Oct 2019.

Pannobile: 2008 Pannobile 25% Blaufränkisch, 70% Zweigelt, 5% St Laurent. Fermented in large oak.

St Laurent Rosenberg: West side of the lake. Schist. Also quartz and limestone. | 2014 Cooler year. Tough year. Hand picked. Wild ferment. Stinky nose. Aged in old oak (which is noticeable). Still fermenting/MLF. Blows off. Bit green=characteristic of the year but poor oak at Manincor 24th June 2016.

Ried Breitenbrunner Rosenberg St Laurent: 2015 12%. Well-weighted sappy dark red to black fruit. Opened well over 3 days in June 2019. Respect-BIODYVIN certified Biodynamic.

Ried Breitenbrunner Edelgraben Blaufrankisch: 2015 Leithaberg DAC. 26m on 500-litre oak. Respect-BIODYVIN certified Biodynamic. Bright sappy fruit, easy to enjoy and full of savoury wild dark fruit in June 2019

Ried Salzberg, Weissburgunder, Burgenland: 2016 Trocken. 12.5%. From sandy-loam with a high calcium content. Well-weighted, clear fruit, salty and refreshing (Sept 2019).

Contact

Weingut Heinrich

Baumgarten, 60

7122 Gols, Austria

Tel+43 0217.33176 | Website: www.heinrich.at