Red wine · Niederösterreich · Reserve line
Merlot reserve 2021
Deep ruby with violet reflections. Dark berries, damson, subtle oak and earthy notes. Full-bodied, velvety tannins, long finish.
State winnerLower Austria State Wine Awards
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- Grape variety
- Merlot
- Vineyard site
- Hutweide, Teesdorf
- Alcohol
- 14.5 % vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.0 g/ldry
- Acidity
- 5.5 g/l
How it tastes
Sweetness1.0 g/l · dry
Body14.5 % vol.
Acidity5.5 g/l
Vintage 2021
The Merlot reserve 2021 is no longer available from the estate, it has all been drunk. It grew in the Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf, and we picked it on 11 October 2021. Austria produced 2,46 million hectolitres of wine that year, while the Thermenregion had 6 % less than in 2020.
The Merlot reserve 2021 is no longer available from the estate, it has all been drunk. It grew in the Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf, and we picked it on 11 October 2021. Austria produced 2,46 million hectolitres of wine that year, while the Thermenregion had 6 % less than in 2020.
It was a deep ruby with violet glints and smelled of dark berries, plum, subtle oak and earth. It was full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long finish. In all there were 1.600 litres. The Merlot reserve 2021 was recognised with the state title at the Lower Austria State Wine Awards, gold at the Thermenregion Wine Awards 2025 and 94 points at the Organic Wine Award International.
Awards (9)
Thermenregion Wine Awards · Lower Austria State Wine Awards · Challenge Millésime Bio · AWC Vienna · Intervino Wine Award · Organic Wine Award International · Falstaff
Thermenregion Wine Awards · Lower Austria State Wine Awards · Challenge Millésime Bio · AWC Vienna · Intervino Wine Award · Organic Wine Award International · Falstaff
2025
- GoldThermenregion Wine Awards
- FinalistLower Austria State Wine Awards
2024
- GoldLower Austria State Wine Awards
- SilverChallenge Millésime Bio
- SilverAWC Vienna
- 2nd placeIntervino Wine Award
no year
- State winnerLower Austria State Wine Awards
- 94 ptsOrganic Wine Award International
- 93 ptsFalstaff
Site
Ried Hutweide, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich
Ried Hutweide, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich
Ried Hutweide, Teesdorf.
Certificates
Values
Harvest 11.10.2021 · Ripeness at harvest 22 °KMW
Harvest 11.10.2021 · Ripeness at harvest 22 °KMW
- Origin
- Niederösterreich
- Harvest
- 11.10.2021
- Ripeness at harvest
- 22 °KMW
- Sulphur
- 23/62 mg/l (free / total)
- Energy value
- 334 kJ / 81 kcal per 100 ml
- Alcohol
- 14.5 % vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.0 g/l
- Acidity
- 5.5 g/l
- Inspection number
- N 20856/23
Winemaking · Reserve line
From the harvested grapes to the bottle.
From the harvested grapes to the bottle.
Ried Hutweide
The grapes for Merlot reserve 2021 grow in the Ried Hutweide vineyard in Teesdorf, on pure gravel that holds hardly any water and naturally has little humus. Its rows are green all year, sown with clover, phacelia and buckwheat instead of grass. We use no herbicides.
The 2021 harvest
The must for Merlot reserve 2021 measured 22 °KMW: the Klosterneuburg must scale shows how much sugar is in the grape juice, one degree being roughly one per cent.
What the figures say
Merlot reserve 2021 has 14.5 % vol. alcohol, 1.0 g/l residual sugar and 5.5 g/l acidity. It is made in a dry style, which under wine law means no more than 4 g/l residual sugar, or up to 9 g/l if the acidity is at most 2 g/l lower.
The sugar-free extract of Merlot reserve 2021 is 30.0 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 23 mg/l free and 62 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 334 kJ or 81 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20856/23 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.
The Reserve line
Merlot reserve 2021 belongs to our Reserve line, whose wines stay in the barrel longest with us. Depending on variety and vintage, 20 to 80 per cent new barrels are used for it.
Other vintages
Besides 2021, there are also the 2022, 2023 and 2024 vintages of Merlot reserve. The overview lists vineyard, harvest and status.