Heinrich | Burgenland | Blaufränkisch Edelgraben Leithaberg DAC | 2015 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Heinrich Blaufränkisch Edelgraben Leithaberg DAC 2015 (bio)

What Gernot and Heike have built over the past few years is beyond remarkable! He started with one hectare of his own vineyard and now cultivates over 100 hectares around Gols and on the Leithaberg. All vineyards are farmed biodynamically. Years ago, Gernot demonstrated the potential of Gols’s vineyards with the legendary Salzberg, but also with the Pannobile. From his home in Gols, he always had his eye on the Leithaberg. He began buying grapes from there early on, but it wasn’t until 2006 that he was able to acquire the vineyards from his grape supplier. In the cellar, everything is set up to ensure the grapes and wines are processed as gently as possible. Fermentation and aging usually take place in wood and, increasingly, in amphorae; even the whites are often skin-fermented and minimally sulfurized, yet still possess the typical Heinrich precision and purity.

Character

In its dark, ruby-red hue, it offers a deep glimpse into the Edelgraben. This requires time, air, and at least a large glass. With the grating yet soothing voice of a gentleman baritone, this Blaufränkisch speaks of precise dark berry fruit, earthiness, and peppery spice; and easily transcends two octaves. Aware of its unbridled power, it presents itself on the palate as powerful and grippy, secretly creating space for itself, yet is positively unsettling, with sensitive consideration and detailed finesse. In a successful balancing act between instinct and reason, the glass guides you. The density of the 2015 Edelgraben, detached from heaviness, points the way along its stony finish and reaffirms the truth: “There is strength in calm.” This Blaufränkisch has its roots in old vineyards on the southeast-facing slopes of the Leitha Mountains in Breitenbrunn, which slope towards Lake Neusiedl. These vineyards are characterized by the region’s typical fossil-rich limestone and sand-limestone, as well as mica schist.

Creation

Bottled in the eternal cycle of nature, with considerable manual labour and care. The vineyards were cultivated biodynamically according to the Respekt guidelines. Hand-picked in early October, spontaneous fermentation, left on the skins for three weeks in a wooden fermentation rack, gently pressed with a basket press, and aged for 28 months in used 500 L oak barrels. Wine data sheet of the Heinrich winery

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Wine Advocate

Score: 93

Heinrich’s 2015 Blaufränkisch Ried Edelgraben is from the southeast-facing vineyard slopes in Breitenbrunn where the vines root in limestone, calcareous sandstone and mica schist soils. Fermented for three weeks in open wooden fermenters and aged for 28 months in 500-liter barrels, this is a highly reductive red with a pure, fresh, deep and well-concentrated bouquet of dark fruits, stones, iron-rich meat and clotted blood. Full-bodied, intense and almost charming on the palate, with mineral freshness, lingering tension and salinity, this is a pure, fine and silky-textured Blaufränkisch with a long, complex, tensioned and mineral finish. It is still bloody young and challenging, but this expressive red will refine over the years. Bottled in March 2018;, tasted in Purbach in August 2018.
Stephan Reinhardt

Producer website: https://www.heinrich.at/en/