White wine · Selection line
Chardonnay selection: all vintages
Chardonnay selection is a dry white wine from the Selection line.
This page lists four vintages of Chardonnay selection, from 2022 to 2025.
The grapes for Chardonnay selection grow in the Ried Kirchfeld and Ried Hutweide vineyards.
The vintages
In the shop: Chardonnay selection 2023. Coming soon: 2024 and 2025. Sold out: 2022. All four vintages of Chardonnay selection have a state inspection number.
- Chardonnay selection 2025coming soonRied Hutweide, Tattendorf · Thermenregion DAC · dry · Inspection number N 20909/26
- Chardonnay selection 2024coming soonRied Hutweide, Tattendorf · Thermenregion DAC · dry · Inspection number N 20328/25
- Chardonnay selection 2023availableRied Hutweide, Tattendorf · Niederösterreich · dry · Inspection number N 20535/24
- Chardonnay selection 2022sold outRied Kirchfeld, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich · dry · Inspection number N 17107/23
Where the wine comes from
For Chardonnay selection, 2022 comes from the Ried Kirchfeld vineyard in Teesdorf. For Chardonnay selection, 2023, 2024 and 2025 come from the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Tattendorf. Chardonnay selection carries the origin Niederösterreich (2022 and 2023) and Thermenregion DAC (2024 and 2025). Harvest 2022: 17.09.2022, 19,5 °KMW. Harvest 2023: 20.09.2023, 20,5 °KMW. Harvest 2024: 02.09.2024, 20,5 °KMW. Harvest 2025: 11.09.2025, 19 °KMW.
How it tastes
All vintages of Chardonnay selection are made dry. 2022: Bright golden yellow · Tropical ripeness with hints of oak and vanilla · Full-bodied, balanced fruit acidity, creamy finish. 2023 and 2024: exotic fruit, full-bodied. The acidity of Chardonnay selection ranges from 5,1 to 6,0 g/l.
In the cellar
Chardonnay selection matures roughly half in 500-litre wooden barrels and half in stainless steel.
Soil and cover crops
The vineyards of Chardonnay selection in Tattendorf and Teesdorf lie on pure gravel that holds hardly any water and naturally has little humus. Its rows are green all year, sown with clover, phacelia and buckwheat instead of grass. We use no herbicides.
The harvests compared
We harvested Chardonnay selection earliest in 2024, on 2 September, and latest in 2023, on 20 September. The must weight ranged from 19 to 20.5 °KMW. Each vintage's batch came to between 1,300 and 3,000 litres.
The figures compared
Depending on the vintage, the residual sugar of Chardonnay selection was between 3.2 and 5.9 g/l. Its sugar-free extract, meaning everything dissolved apart from water, alcohol and sugar, ranges from 19.1 to 23.0 g/l. The laboratory measured its total sulphur at between 84 and 97 mg/l. Each vintage only receives its official inspection number after laboratory analysis and tasting by an official panel.
The Selection line
Chardonnay selection belongs to our Selection line, which is allowed to mature longer than Classic.
Awards
Chardonnay selection has received 12 awards so far, for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 vintages. The highest went to 2022: Grand Gold, 98 points (Organic Wine Award).