Highly stimulating and fruity: The lightest one of the Schwarzböck „Grüner Veltliner“ wines comes from four selected areas near Bisamberg Hill. All vines are rooted in loess soils, lending fine, peppery notes.
The „Grüner Veltliner Vier Gärten“ (Four Vineyards) features hints of apples and spices (pepper), is stimulating, yet well-balanced on the palate for its good acid structure and convincing due to the typical characteristics of it`s variety.
12% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 8 °C (46.5 °F)
Best served with: cold starters such as asparagus and dry-cured ham, vegetarian cuisine as well as home-style food.
Pleasure of drinking guaranteed: 20 years ago, we planted this variety on a quickly warming loess location. The Weschriesling variety has always been closely linked to the winegrowing tradition of the Weinviertel.
Our Welschriesling is a true representative of its variety; featuring hay flower aromas, it is very lush and tangy on the palate. Distinct apple notes and an exciting acid balance make it an ideal summer wine.
12 % ABV, ideal serving temperature: 8°C (46.5 °F)
Best served with: pairs nicely with traditional food such as zesty strudels, cold cuts and many freshwater and sea fish.
Especially distinctive and inciting. The vines thrive on a stony plateau of Bisamberg Hill, a location that creates distinctive aromas. Pleasant body and refreshing acidity.
Already in the nose the Gelber Muskateller proves to be a true representative of its variety: distinct ripe tangerine fruit, fine blossomy hints of rose flowers, herbal aromas such as lemon balm, straight and delicate, grapy on the palate with a good acid balance.
Especially exciting due to its elegant and well-balanced character.
11% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 8 °C (46.5 °F)
Best served with: makes a perfect aperitif, pairs nicely with starters such as terrines and salads with asparagus and seafood, equally nice with Quiche Lorraine.
Share the summer feeling: Especially fruity Zweigelt grapes are used for this wine. After a short rest, the grapes were pressed immediately. The result is a very fruity wine with soft aromas of cherries and strawberries. The crisp acidity and the light alcohol content make it an extremely fresh wine and a must-drink on hot days.
The bottle is easy to open with a handy screw cap which protects the wine from any unwanted corky taste.
12 % ABV, ideal serving temperature: 10 °C (50° F)
Best served with: pairs perfectly with starters (such as ham and melon and asparagus dishes), hearty meals and snacks and barbecue.
A pleasure to drink - “Vivre” (French for “to live“) promises one thing above all others: pleasure of drinking and pure enjoyment.
This mild, yet fruity cuvée is a blend of Zweigelt, Blauburger and Blauer Portugieser and was deliberately aged without wooden notes.
On the palate, this red wine reveals a distinct bouquet of raspberries and cherries; it is well-balanced with a smooth structure, amenable and harmonious, for daily enjoyment.
12.5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: chilled at 13 °C (55.5 °F)
Best served with: pairs nicely with Italian pasta, grilled chicken or home-style food.
Roots and character: A "Grüner Veltliner" with the distinctive characteristics of its variety, from Austria`s first registered designation of origin, DAC, which stands for Districtus Austria Controllatus.
It is the aim of the Weinviertel winegrowing region to push the domestic Grüner Veltliner variety to the forefront. The Weinviertel region boasts the best locations for growing Grüner Veltliner where this variety takes on its peppery, racy flavour. Furthermore, the variety is firmly rooted in the traditional viticulture of the region.
The 2009 vintage marks the seventh year of DAC, being acclaimed by connoisseurs as well as by critics as a history of success. Its qualities typical of the variety make our Weinviertel DAC a true representative: it features ripe apples (Golden Delicious) and citrus fruits (grapefruit), unfolds a peppery spiciness on the palate and has a racy structure and a pleasant body.
13% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 9 °C (48 °F)
Best served with: very versatile, ideal with Viennese cuisine (e.g., porkroast and Viennese Schnitzel) as well as typical cold cuts.
Complex aroma
The character of this wine perfectly reflects the relationship between soil and climate of the easter Weinviertel region. Ried Schachern is located near the childhood home of Anita Schwarzböck, some 60 km north of Hagenbrunn.
The clay and loess soil with its sandy subsoil and high lime content lends the wine a crisp acidity and a great aroma.
Grapes are harvested late in the beginning of November to allow an ideal grape maturity. A special and characteristic representative which reveals pleasant aromatics of pear. Spicy on the palate with smooth fruit aromas and crisp acidity.
13.5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 9 °C (48.2 °F)
Best served with: pars well with a great variety of dishes. Perfect with viennese cuisine (e.g., roasted pork or Viennese Schnitzel) and grilled fish.
Temperament meets fine fruitiness: A perfect blend of the best of two vineyards in diametrically opposed locations. Sätzen, a Hagenbrunn location, has soil conditions typical of the Weinviertel region, i.e., deep loess soils with a somewhat higher clay content that produce brilliant fruit and a lush caracter. The steep Fürstenberg location facing south is quite the contrary - extremely sandy and dry, forcing the vines to push their roots deep.
Shaped like a caulddron, the location produces very ripe Veltliner grapes lending finesse and elegance to the wines.
This combination has created a very complete and multi-facetted wine. Balanced with the rich aromatics of ripe pears and pineapples, it reveals acidity and peppery spiciness, shows strength without being heavy. A classic first grade Grüner Veltliner.
14% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 9 °C (48 °F)
Best served with: This Veltliner is a true all-rounder and pairs especially well with Austrian cuisine such as roasted veal, hearty fish dishes or mild soft-ripened cheese.
This "Schatz" grow and blossom out at our dispositions in Vienna at the "Bisamberg". Maybe you have to look twice at our lable, to find out our pun, but then you descry the point. From the typical Viennese "Gemischter Schatz"n we create the "Gemischter Schatz".
This wine assure you with his fruityness, his powerfull body and his racy acid.The composition of this wine is 40% Riesling, 40% Grüner Veltliner and 20% Weißburgunder.
13% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 9 °C (48 °F)
Best served with: an ideal accompaniment to Viennese cuisine (sautéed or cooked beef, pork or innards).
Mineral notes and accentuated fruit: This location on a ridge of a plateau of Bisamberg Hill is marked by poor, rocky flysch soil. This forces the vines to push their roots deep and considerably influences the existing microclimate since the rocks store the sun`s rays and release the warmth during the night.
Facing east, the location warms up very early in the morning. This results in a Riesling with fine mineral notes and a pronounced fruit of peaches and greengage plums.
Its well-integrated acid structure as well as beautiful hints of fruits and herbs (e.g., lemon balm) make it a very exciting and inspiring wine. A perfect aperitif and a classic on hot days.
12% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 9 °C (48 °F)
Best served with: This Riesling with an accentuated fruit aroma pairs harmoniously with seafood and cold starters, or else with barbecued or fried fisch.
Compact, yet inviting: Our Chardonnay vines are rooted in limy sandstone with marl, partly covered by sand and loess. The steep Aichleiten location faces southeast and warms very quickly, thus allowing us to produce very mature, yet fruity Chardonnays.
The 2009 vintage was aged in a stainless steel tank and reveals a fine bouquet of pineapple and banana. It appears compact and full-bodied, its fresh acidity adding excitement.
A classic with a full body, elegance and harmony, well-suited for many occasions and pairing nicely with a wide range of dishes.
13% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 10 °C (50 °F)
Best served with: an ideal accompaniment to Viennese cuisine (sautéed or cooked beef, pork or innards) and Asian food.
A classic, velvety and full-bodied wine: The very mature Zweigelt grapes are harvested at our Falkenberg vineyard in Stammersdorf where they grow on deep, sandy clay soils.
The microclimate of Bisamberg Hill plays an important role in crafting this wine: facing south, the location is also characterised by the heat generated by the nearby city of Vienna. This allows a longer maturation period leading to an unmistakable, mature fruit character.
The intact ripe grapes were harvested by hand and pressed gently after a 14-day waiting period. The wine is then aged in used wooden barrels so that there are hardly any wood notes.
A Zweigelt featuring the characteristics of its variety: a rich fruit range of wild cherries and blueberries, a dense body and a velvety, smooth tannin structure make it particularly round and harmonious.
13% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 17 °C (62 °F)
Best served with: pairs nicely with sautéed beef and venison
Fullness and harmony: a blend of the most renowned Austrian and international varieties, this cuvée is made from 40% Zweigelt, 30% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. It was aged in barrique barrels for 14 months.
As we do not wish to develop wines with more than a hint of wood, we decided in favour of using the larger 300 litres oak barrel. In return, we let our wines develop somewhat longer. The Reserve reveals a distinct fruity bouquet of black currant and ripe cherries.
Its harmonious entry is emphasised by elegant fruit and fine notes of dark chocolate, vanilla and cloves. A full-bodied wine displaying elegance and length with a great potential for maturation.
13.5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 17 °C (62 °F)
Best served with: Pairs ideally with sautéed beef and venison as well as hard cheese and soft-ripened cheese.
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Especially indicative of the terroir: these 40-year-old vines push their roots into the geographically very limited flysch zone, giving the wine a complex finesse. Limy sandstone and marl are typical of Bisamberg Hill as well as of the most important Döbling (district of Vienna) vineyards. Nutty and toasted aromas as well as a sweet extract and subtleness are characteristic of this flysch Veltliner.
On the palate, the wine is dense and full-bodied with volume, "a wine featuring amazing viscosity, creating suspense, elegant, with a beautiful length, promising".
14,5 % ABV, ideal serving temperature: 10 °C (50 °F)
Best served with: pairs nicely with deep-fried dishes (veal cutlets "Viennese Schnitzel" style, roasted chicken, carp) as well as pan-fried pork dishes such as typical Austrian "Surschnitzel" or roast beef.
A wine featuring depth, finesse and mineral tones: Our Hagenbrunn vineyard "Aichleiten" ranks among the best and best-known of Bisamberg Hill: facing southeast, it is covered with loess in the lower part. Limy sandstone with marl in the upper part creates ideal conditions for this Riesling variety.
In the glass, this wine shows classic characteristics, aromatics of ripe peaches and juniper, mature on the palate, lively with a full body, the residual sugar being fully balanced by racy acidity. A wine with brilliant fruit and length!
13,5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 10 °C (50 °F)
Best served with: an ideal accompaniment to Asian wok fare or sushi, hearty meat and fish dishes ("Tafelspitz", pan-fried jack salmon, etc.) as well as deep-fried seafood.
This wine convince you with his harmony, power and immense length. The south-east-divide of the state "Aichleiten" provide for a early maturation. For 1 year the wine was bedded in barrique vats. From this vats, the wine gets his aromatic note. This powerfull white wine showes caramell and ripe oranges in the bouquet. A full-bodied white wine with long suitability for storange.
13,5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 12 °C (53,5 °F)
Best served with: roasted poultry, Asian dishes and ripe, aromatic cheese.
Rich in content and promising: The vineyard`s sunny southern location in Vienna-Stammersdorf creates Grüner Veltliner wines with enormous extract and a distinctive character. Unmistakably smoky and nutty characteristics, paired with an enormous denseness which encouraged our decision to use 1,000 litres oak barrels.
The result is a powerful, fruity sweet Veltliner full of charm and maturity with a taste of walnuts and peanuts and brown bread besides the discreet aromatics of apple.
13,5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 12 °C (53.5 °F)
Best served with: suits perfectly to baked pork or homelike fish (carp...) as well as spicy asian meals or cottage cheese.
An elegant red wine with great complexity: This authentic Zweigelt originates from Tagner, a steep hillside area of Hagenbrunn. The soil features deep sandy clay giving distinction to the grapes whose vines are 40 years old. Grapes are harvested late in different stages so that they con ripen for a long time.
They then rest for a period of 14 days at a controlled temperature of 28-30°C. The grape juice and grape skins are fermented in tanks under daily aeration and filled in high-quality French oak barrels after being gently pressed.
The colour shows a deep ruby red with dark marrow. The wine features a wide range of aromas spanning from cherry and plumb fruits to fine touches of spices and chocolate. Very harmonious wine with a great tannin structure and a long finish. A wine that con be stored for a long time.
13,5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 18 °C (64.4 °F)
Best served with: pairs perfectly with barbecue and braised beef or game.
Authentic Merlot can only be vinified in the very best vintages. Our premiere was a 2003 vintage, which received outstanding media reviews.
We are pleased to present our third vintage of Merlot, a Merlot 2007. The Wiesthalen area, a steep southern-facing, cauldron-shaped location in Vienna-Stammersdorf, boasts ideal conditions since its warm, sandy soil is perfect for cultivating this grape variety.
The best selection of 2007 grapes was aged in new Allier barrels for about 18 months and shows aromas of ripe cherry and herbs. Smooth and dense on the palate, it is a blend of spicy and vanilla aromas against a background of velvety tannins. A great wine featuring density, elegance and length.
13,5% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 17-18 °C (62.5-64.5 °F)
Best served with: pairs ideally with sautéed beef and venison.
Available as of 1 May 2009
Wines with outstanding extract and finesse crafted from grapes affected by noble rot, i.e., "botrytized grapes.
This „Beerenauslese“ (dessert wine-style late harvest wine) shows great melon and honey notes. The balance of sweetness and acidity creates an exciting sense on the palate, which makes it a great companion for desserts.
10% AVB, acidity: xx g/l, residual sugar: 130 g/l
Ideal serving temperature: 12 °C (53.5 °F)
Best served with: perfect with many desserts.
This variety of Gelber Muskateller creates a fruity and bloomy bouquet with complex smooth aromatics!
The Gelber Muskateller pomace grapes are destilled in a copper kettle by Kletzmayr, a traditional Austrian producer.
Alc.: 41 %vol
ideal serving temperature: 17 °C
capacity: 0,35 litres
Notes of minerals and fruit: The first Schwarzböck sparkling wine was crafted from Riesling grapes of the Pöcken location using the traditional method of bottle fermentation. The poor, stony flysch soils lend a pronounced mineral note to this spakling wine.
Our Riesling Brut stands out for its fine, constant perlage and fruit notes of apricots and peaches. On the palate, it reveals a creamy, fruity and inspiring character.
12% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 5-7 °C (40.5-44.5 °F)
Best served with: makes a perfect aperitif refined with peach or apricot puree, pairs nicely with hors d´oeuvres, sorbets and many other desserts.
An especially fruity sparkling wine created from immediately pressed Zweigelt grapes. Its mellow salmon pink colour awakes anticipation.
The aromas show a great a variety of strawberry and raspberry notes with a smooth and nice stimulating finish.
The champagne producer Szigeti crafted our sparkling wine according to the traditional method. Sugar and yeast were added to the basic wine, which was bottled and put into special shelfs after a second fermentation. These shelfs rotate to carry the yeast into the bottleneck.
Then the yeast is removed in a water bath. After this process the missing portion is refilled and the bottle is corked and secured with a wire mesh.
12% ABV, ideal serving temperature: 5-7 °C (41-44.6 °F)
Best served with: perfect as an appetizer, pairs perfectly with starters or quiche.
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