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Discover Germany | Big Wine Special | Austria
Deeply rooted family business Krutzler Winery presents a wide range of high-quality wines made from grapes ripened on the Eisenberg on their 12 hectares of vineyards. The exceptional climate, beautiful mineral-rich soils and the focus on the interplay of premium fruit and consistent vineyard management have helped Krutzler Winery to impress countless taste buds since 1966.
Main image and top: Eisenberg Above: Eisenberg’s special slate ground influences the wine’s taste (middle) Bottles of Perwolff (bottom)
TEXT: NANE STEINHOFF | PHOTOS: MANFRED KLIMEK/ HERBERT LEHMANN
“Especially important is the sincerity of what I do. I want everything to be inherently consistent; I don’t want to tell fairy-tales. Everything that I sell with my wine is genuine.This means I keep my freedom and the decisions are ours.We don’t get controlled by others and we know what we do. We produce wines for people who can distinguish between ‘good’ and ‘very good’,”explains Reinhold Krutzler, winemaker and owner of Krutzler Winery. Reinhold Krutzler is a qualified cellar master, having gained expertise through stints at international wineries. Committed with his heart and soul to South Burgenland’s authentic wines, Reinhold adopted his father’s pioneering spirit and thereby spearheaded a crusade for top-quality Austrian wines.“Wine became a big part of my life through my father’s passion. With full dedication I went to viticulture school and thus grew into my profession to bring joy to wine lovers,”Reinhold Krutzler says.
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Already in its fifth generation, the winery’s exclusive vineyards are located in DeutschSchützen and on the Eisenberg in South Burgenland – known by many as‘the wine idyll’ due to its gently undulating hills and calm, tranquil ambience. Here, one can find 180 hectares of Blaufränkisch vines that are “exceptionally earthy, rich in minerals, aromatic, clear and fruity. They have a fascinating tannin structure, which primarily grow on slate ground with strongly ferrous clay and are therefore unique in Austria,” explains Reinhold Krutzler. Krutzler’s wines can be described as profound and versatile.“Each of our wines distinguishes itself through its elegance, suppleness and particularly fine minerality. We try to strengthen the unique texture, delicate fruit and regionally typical finesse in each individual wine. The bold, tannic structure of our top wines still needs some time to combine perfectly with the fruit
flavours in the bottle and with extended aging, they will please the palate,” Reinhold Krutzler continues. “Even today, we feel obliged to follow the independent route that we took in 1966 with the production of quality wines when this was still the exception in Austria,”Reinhold Krutzler concludes. www.krutzler.at
Portrait: Reinhold Krutzler. Photo: Manfred Klimek