Salomon Undhof

This is certainly the sleeper-agency of any in this portfolio. Sensational value for first class stellar wines. Changes in the cellar work really took hold with the magnificent 1997 vintage. Since 1997 these are modern wines, more filigree than juicy (except perhaps the Riesling Pfaffenberg), and with delicate transparent textures. This is how they RENDER what are often highly expressive fruitterroir statements, falling somewhere between the demure and the ostentatious. They’re closer to Alzinger’s style than to the styles of their fellow Kamptal-Kremstalers.

•Vineyard area: 20 hectares
•Annual production: 8,300 cases
•Top sites: Kögl, Undhof-Wieden, Pfaffenberg
•Soil types: Eroded primary rock, loess, sand
•Grape varieties: 50% Grüner Veltliner, 50%Riesling