Red wine · Niederösterreich · Reserve line
Merlot reserve 2023
Bright ruby, ripe cherries, powerful tannins.
SalonweinSalon Österreich Wein 2026
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- Grape variety
- Merlot
- Vineyard site
- Hutweide, Teesdorf
- Alcohol
- 15.0 % vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.5 g/ldry
- Acidity
- 5.8 g/l
How it tastes
bright rubyripe cherriespowerful tannins
Sweetness1.5 g/l · dry
Body15.0 % vol.
Acidity5.8 g/l
Vintage 2023
Our Merlot reserve comes from Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf. In 2023 the vines in Austria did not flower until mid-June. Our Merlot grapes ended up at 23 °KMW.
Our Merlot reserve comes from Ried Hutweide in Teesdorf. In 2023 the vines in Austria did not flower until mid-June. Our Merlot grapes ended up at 23 °KMW.
In the glass it is a bright ruby, it smells of ripe cherries and has powerful tannins. All told there are 1.500 litres. At competitions the Merlot reserve 2023 collected gold at the Lower Austria State Wine Awards, gold at the Thermenregion Wine Awards 2026 and a place in the SALON Österreich Wein 2026.
Awards (4)
Salon Österreich Wein · Thermenregion Wine Awards · Lower Austria State Wine Awards
Salon Österreich Wein · Thermenregion Wine Awards · Lower Austria State Wine Awards
2026
- SalonweinSalon Österreich Wein
- Gold, 5th placeThermenregion Wine Awards
- GoldLower Austria State Wine Awards
no year
- GoldThermenregion Wine Awards
Site
Ried Hutweide, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich
Ried Hutweide, Teesdorf · Niederösterreich
Ried Hutweide, Teesdorf.
Certificates
Values
Ripeness at harvest 23 °KMW
Ripeness at harvest 23 °KMW
- Origin
- Niederösterreich
- Ripeness at harvest
- 23 °KMW
- Sulphur
- 34/55 mg/l (free / total)
- Energy value
- 364 kJ / 87 kcal per 100 ml
- Alcohol
- 15.0 % vol.
- Residual sugar
- 1.5 g/l
- Acidity
- 5.8 g/l
- Inspection number
- N 20338/25
Winemaking · Reserve line
From the harvested grapes to the bottle.
From the harvested grapes to the bottle.
Downloads
Data sheet · Notice · Barcodes · Back label
Data sheet · Notice · Barcodes · Back label
- Data sheet A4 — as of 03.10.2026PDF ↓
- Official notice — Inspection no. N 20338/25Open PDF ↗
- 0.75 l bottle — EAN 9120082712583
Barcode ↓QR ↓Back label ↓ - 0.375 l bottle — EAN 9120082712675
Barcode ↓QR ↓
Ried Hutweide
The grapes for Merlot reserve 2023 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 2023 harvest
The must for Merlot reserve 2023 measured 23 °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 2023 has 15.0 % vol. alcohol, 1.5 g/l residual sugar and 5.8 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 2023 is 30.5 g/l: everything dissolved in the wine apart from water, alcohol and sugar, such as minerals, acids and tannins. In the laboratory, it showed 34 mg/l free and 55 mg/l total sulphur. Per 100 ml, it has 364 kJ or 87 kcal. It received the official inspection number N 20338/25 after being analysed in the laboratory and tasted by an official panel.
The Reserve line
Merlot reserve 2023 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 2023, there are also the 2021, 2022 and 2024 vintages of Merlot reserve. The overview lists vineyard, harvest and status.