Red wine · Reserve line
Pinot noir reserve: all vintages
Pinot noir reserve is a dry red wine from the Reserve line.
This page lists four vintages of Pinot noir reserve, from 2021 to 2024.
The grapes for Pinot noir reserve grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard.
The vintages
In the shop: Pinot noir reserve 2021. Coming soon: 2022, 2023 and 2024. All four vintages of Pinot noir reserve have a state inspection number.
- Pinot noir reserve 2024coming soonRied Hutweide, Tattendorf · Thermenregion DAC · dry · Inspection number N 20916/26
- Pinot noir reserve 2023coming soonRied Hutweide, Tattendorf · Thermenregion DAC · dry · Inspection number N 20337/25
- Pinot noir reserve 2022coming soonRied Hutweide, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich · dry · Inspection number N 20531/24
- Pinot noir reserve 2021availableRied Hutweide, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich · dry · Inspection number N 20855/23
Where the wine comes from
For Pinot noir reserve, the 2021 and 2022 vintages come from Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf. For Pinot noir reserve, the 2023 and 2024 vintages come from Ried Hutweide in Tattendorf. Pinot noir reserve carries the origin Niederösterreich (2021 and 2022) and Thermenregion DAC (2023 and 2024). Harvest 2021: 21.09.2021, 21 °KMW. Harvest 2022: 15.09.2022, 20 °KMW. Must weight at harvest 2023: 21,5 °KMW. Harvest 2024: 05.09.2024, 21 °KMW.
How it tastes
All vintages of Pinot noir reserve are made dry. 2021: Deep ruby with violet tints · Aromatic dark berries with subtle oak · Elegant, soft tannins, long finish. 2022 and 2023: delicately bitter roasted aromas, distinctly Burgundian. The acidity of Pinot noir reserve ranges from 5,2 to 5,7 g/l.
In the cellar
For Pinot noir reserve, 20 to 80 per cent new barrels are used, depending on variety and vintage.
Soil and cover crops
The vineyards of Pinot noir reserve 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 Pinot noir reserve earliest in 2024, on 5 September, and latest in 2021, on 21 September. The must weight ranged from 20 to 21.5 °KMW. Each vintage's batch came to between 1,000 and 1,600 litres.
The figures compared
Depending on the vintage, the residual sugar of Pinot noir reserve was between 1.0 and 2.7 g/l. Its sugar-free extract, meaning everything dissolved apart from water, alcohol and sugar, ranges from 27.8 to 30.4 g/l. The laboratory measured its total sulphur at between 50 and 85 mg/l. Each vintage only receives its official inspection number after laboratory analysis and tasting by an official panel.
The Reserve line
Pinot noir reserve belongs to our Reserve line, whose wines stay in the barrel longest with us.
Awards
Pinot noir reserve has received 16 awards so far, for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 vintages. The highest went to 2021: Gold, 2nd place (Thermenregion).