BF Erdeluftgrasundreben 2020 - Claus Preisinger

A showpiece from the collection of Claus Preisinger. Made from Blaufränkisch from his best vineyard (which may not be mentioned on the bottle, but is very cleverly hidden in the name of the wine. Yes, the capital letters are the intention). Complex wine with notes of dark fruit (blackberry, cherry), black olive, earth and violets. Light in the hand but with a serious structure, fine-grained tannins and soft acids. BF that can certainly lie for a while.

• Country / region: Austria / Wein aus Österreich (Burgenland)
• Grape variety(s): 100% Blaufränkisch (Lemberger)
  
• In the vineyard: Biodynamic farming. Soil consisting of limestone and slate. Orchards located on the southeast. Vines of 33 years old. Harvest entirely by hand.
• In the cellar: Spontaneous fermentation Partly semi-maceration carbonique on 50% of the stems. for 12 days in amphora and partly complete maceration carbonique on 100% of the stems for 14 days in amphora. 8 months maturation in amphora. Unfiltered, without addition of So2.
• Quality mark: Biodynamic & Vin nature

Claus Preisinger is a talented young Austrian winemaker who has become an established name in the biodynamic/natural wine scene. At the Neusiedlersee, near Gols, his father cultivated a small 3 ha of orchards, as a hobby. After helping his father in the orchards for years and experience in California and with neighbor Hans Nittnaus, he took over his father's orchards in 2000. Claus has managed to expand these to a whopping 17 ha. On a soil consisting predominantly of fossil limestone and calcareous sandstone , he cultivates mainly local Blaufrankisch, together with St. Laurent, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, Weissburgunder, Gruner Veltliner and Welschriesling. Gols is located on the eastern side of the Neusiedlersee in the so-called Seewinkel. This extends to the Hungarian border. Here it is scorching hot in the summer, resulting in the production of top red wines. They can compete worldwide. "My wines are a mirror image of nature. I do not intervene artificially in the vineyard or in the cellar. Even if I can improve the result, I still accept what nature gives of itself instead of intervening and manipulating." According to Claus Preisinger.

Claus is also co-founder of Pannobile (2004), a collective from Burgenland of 9 winegrowers (including Nittnaus and Pittnauer) who have been working the vineyards strictly biodynamically since 1994 and making natural wine in the wine cellar. Nothing out and nothing in. With the exception of his playful 'Beaujolais wine' Puszta Libre, Claus' wines are clean/pure and especially show the terroir well in the wine. Claus uses various methods and techniques to make different styles of wine. From Ancestral (Perlwein), fresh Puszta Libre that is drunk chilled (Maceration Carbonique), elegant white wines with skin maceration (Orange wine), top white wines to very powerful full red wines. Der Claus shows that natural wine does not have to be full of wine faults, but can be very good, pure and clean. Pure vin nature.