"This is their ‘estate’ wine, blended from across their vineyards in surrounding Grossweikersdorf, (previously labelled Von dem Terrassen). It is vinified entirely in stainless steel and bottled as required for release from Spring onwards. It certainly sees a benefit from having spent some extra time in bottle."
The Ehmosers have a modern, minimalist cellar, which they finished building in 2008. It is laid out with central hall and rooms leading off for each stage of the process. These include a glass entrance to the original cellar dug into the loess.
They work with temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and some wood fermenters. Time spent on the lees is an integral part of Josef’s winemaking for which they use large oak casks in Austrian and Hungarian oak. They also have two concrete eggs. Any wood used is primarily intended for ageing rather than any oak influence on the wines. For the last ten years they have worked mainly with 500L and 1000L for their reds and 1500L and 3000L for the whites. The wines receive no fining and a light filtration before bottling.
Grüner Veltliner here, seems to have an affinity with the lime rich loess soils, which can give a broad, creamy texture to the wines, along with the aromatics, counterbalanced by good acidity. This forms the majority of Ehmoser’s production as their ‘Wagram Terrassen’ and single vineyard bottlings.
