Zweigelt Kieselstein 2023 - Claus Preisinger (vin nature)

The Zweigelt from the vineyard Kieselstein is one of the most famous wines of Claus Preisinger. Not without reason. Lots of red fruit, a touch of vegetal, spicy playful fresh red natural wine from Burgenland. May, preferably even, be drunk slightly chilled.
Delicious with, yes here it comes again: Aperitif, on the terrace, pickled vegetables, beetroot, purple carrot, charcuterie, salads, fish dishes, light white meat dishes and poultry. Cheers

• Country / region: Austria / Wein aus Österreich (Burgenland)
• Grape variety(ies): 100% Zweigelt
• In the vineyard: Biodynamic farming, harvest by hand. Terroir consisting of many pebbles, lime, gravel and black earth. Vines located on the harvesting
• In the cellar: Spontaneous fermentation. 90% of the grapes Semi-maceration under carbon dioxide for 5 days and the remaining 10% carbonic maceration for 5 days. Both in stainless steel. Maturation in old wooden barrels for 6 months. 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.