C+E Portfolio Book

STADT KREMS

WINERY OVERVIEW

Established in 1452, the original purpose of this winery was to provide revenue for the hospital in Krems. The estate-bottled wines of the city’s own winery have always been a source of pride for its residents, but over the years the winemaking itself became perfunctory and lacked distinction — until the arrival of the current team in charge of the winery. Since 2003, when winemaker Fritz Miesbauer and his team took over the management of the winery, many Stadt Krems vineyards have been replanted and revitalized, and the cellar has undergone a renovation and expansion. Fritz Miesbauer and his young, ambitious team now craft their wines in the stainless steel tanks of a pristine but technically simple cellar. With a compact range of six offerings sourced from a variety of soils, handled by careful and adept managers, the wines display both the minerality and the juiciness of the Kremstal. All 75 acres (30 hectares) of vineyards held byWeingut Stadt Krems are within city limits. The Krems Valley is only a small winegrowing area, defined by two different soil profiles. The rolling highlands and the eastward falling slopes of the BohemianMassif are some of the oldest formations in the world. In the Krems area, it is made up of various types of gneiss, whose weather-beaten forms make up the original Urgestein (primary rock) of the terraced vineyards to the west of the city. This is excellent soil for growing Riesling, but the loess soil is of particular importance for viticulture in Krems. Formed in the most recent Ice Age some 300,000 years ago, it is mainly found on the southern and southeastern slopes of the Krems vineyards. It provides optimal conditions for growing the famed Grüner Veltliner of Krems with a lot of spice and fine structure. LOCATIONOF VINEYARD

15

AUSTRIA