Because everything is a little different this year, the dates published here are still in the distant future. We look forward to seeing you again for small personal presentations or in our farm shop in Karbach.
2024: Pro Wein Düsseldorf
2024: Vievinum, Vienna
2021 was a year in wine when nature simply let things “take their course”. And the course things took was a good one. Very good actually. No nights of late frost in April, foliation and blossom at the customary time. Heat and dryness, though also ample rain promoted healthy growth.
The harvest began at the beginning of September and was so stress-free, we were able to carefully monitor every little detail. Due to the unusual chill in September, the grapes came into our cellars cold, the acidity remained stable and the fruitiness of the berries developed wonderfully.
NEWS
95 P.
Ried Buch, G STK, Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Straden, Sauvignon Blanc Privat 2018
Ried Buch, Sämling TBA 2018
94 P.
Ried Stradener Rosenberg, 1. STK, Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Ried Stradener Rosenberg, 1. STK, Grauburgunder 2018
Ried Stradener Rosenberg, Traminer 2019
Ried Steintal, Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Ried Buch, G STK, Morillon 2018
Ried Stradener Rosenberg, 1. STK, Sauvignon Blanc 2018
93 P.
Straden, Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Straden Grauburgunder 2019
Ried Buch, G STK, Grauburgunder 2018
92 P.
Vulkanland Steiermark, Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Vulkanland Steiermark, Morillon 2019
Vulkanland Steiermark, Weißburgunder 2019
Feels good: The positive evaluation by Stephan Reinhard / Robert Parker Wine Advocate (Nov. 2019):
96 RP
Ried Buch, Sämling 2017, Trockenbeerenauslese
95 RP
Ried Buch, Morillon, 2017, Trockenbeerenauslese
95 RP
Straden, Sauvignon Blanc Privat 2013
93+ RP
Ried Buch, Morillon 2017
93+ RP
Ried Buch, Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Trockenbeerenauslese
93+ RP
Straden, Sauvignon Blanc Privat 2017
93+ RP
Ried Buch, Weißburgunder 2017, Trockenbeerenauslese
92+ RP
Ried Buch, Weißburgunder 2017
92+ RP
Straden, Traminer 2017, Trockenbeerenauslese
2019
FALSTAFF 2019/20
Our Traminer Ried Stradener Rosenberg 2018 is variety winner (94 p.). The highest ratings were achieved by Trockenbeerenauslesen: Chardonnay TBA 2017 (97 p.) and Weißburgunder TBA 2017 (96 p.), both from Ried Buch, closely followed by our Sauvignon Blanc Privat 2017 (95 p.).
A LA CARTE WEINGUIDE 2019/20
Die besten im Vulkanland Steiermark / The best in volcanic Styria: Morillon Buch 2017 (96 p.), Sauvignon Blanc Privat 2017 (96 p.), Sauvignon Blanc Ried Buch (96 p.) and Traminer Stradner Rosenberg (95 p.)
VINARIA 2019/20
Top Wein 2019/20: Sauvignon Blanc 2017, Ried Buch.
STEIRISCHE LANDESWEINKOST:
Double victory with Morillon Vulkanland Steiermark 2018 and Sauvignon blanc Ried Buch 2017.
SALON ÖSTERREICHISCHER WEIN
Morillon und Traminer are in!
2018
FALSTAFF 2018/19
Our Sauvignon Privat 2015 was voted the best
alternative wine in Austria by the wine guide Falstaff 2018/19.
STEIRISCHE LANDESWEINKOST
STYRIAN REGIONAL WINE TASTING
Double victory and winery of the year 2018
State winner: Zweigelt Steintal 2015 and Eruption red 2017.
Stephan Reinhard,
Robert Parker Wine Advocate 2019
“The 2017 Ried Buch Weissburgunder is produced from a clay basalt and reveals a clear, fresh and elegant, perfectly matured and flintily spicy basalt bouquet. Velvety, linear, fresh and very elegant on the palate; this is a compact, excitingly lean, moderately vigorous Pinot with clear and refreshing fruit notes, though the music here comes exclusively from its soul (the ground).”
Sauvignon Blanc Privat 2013: “Tasted out of a large glass (...), this is a powerful, highly complex, robust and salty, very lean and concentrated Sauvignon, that belongs to the high points of Styrian history. It is so salty, pure and exciting. A magnificent wine.”
2017 Straden Morillon Trockenbeerenauslese: (...) “Tremendously rich and sophisticatedly elegant on the palate, this is a viscose, refined, extremely subtle and stimulatingly salty TBA, with an aftertaste that is balanced, fresh and stimulatingly clean. This is a spectacularly hedonistic TBA (...) a world-class sweet wine from Styria.”
Genuss Wein Pur Guide 2019/20
“The quality expectation is immediately apparent from the decision to source their local wines from single vineyards. The wines are characterized above all by abundant spiciness and constant complexity, all too well reflective of the local volcanic soil.” (...) “Ultimately, an astonishing palette of sweet wines not to be missed.”
Livets Goda, the leading wine magazine in Scandinavia, August 2019
”Walter Frauwallner has made a name for himself not least through his sweet wines and is undoubtedly one of the sharpest producers in the province when it comes to Eiswein and TBA.”
Obegg Best of Südsteiermark 2/2019
”Phoenix from the Vulkanland. In recent years, through their own hands-on work, quality-dedicated vine maintenance and grape selection at harvest, Walter and his wife Petra have developed a first-class image. Their credo: distinctive wines with a clear provenance and a joy to drink.”
Kleine Zeitung, Juni 2019
“Nothing new at the top: For the third time overall and the second time in succession, Walter and Petra Frauwallner from Straden came out as overall winners in the Provincial Wine Tasting and thereby acquired the coveted title of “Wine Estate of the Year”, also achieving a double success thanks to their Zweigelt and “Red-Wine Variety”.
Krone, Juni 2019
“1906 quality wines from around 500 winegrowers! The number of submissions once again gave the judges of the Provincial Wine Competition a lot of work. The (great) quality awaiting them in the 2017 bottles certainly made this work bearable. And let’s be honest, a true delight! The big winners, as in the previous year, were Petra and Walter Frauwallner from Straden.”
