Weingut Jurtschitsch Sonnhof

A Picture Book Terroir Expression
Five dry terroir wines with lots of Kamptal mineralics and spice

Our family run wine estate steeped in tradition cultivates the finest vineyards all around Langenlois. The deferential work in harmony with nature, the maintenance of its terroir variety and the preservation of the Kamptal cultural landscape have top-priority.

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GrüVe ® - the Grüner Veltliner Original

It is indeed an "Evergreen": already in its 21st edition the GrüVe from the family-run Jurtschitsch wine-estate presents itself this year. The GrüVe 2007 fascinates with cool flavours of fruit, followed by spicy notes and a refreshing final note.

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In the Jurtschitsch wine estate
this year’s vintage has started

In the Jurtschitsch wine estate this year’s vintage has started, We were facing quite an exciting vegetation period this year again; the winter was very mild and dry. Springtime was just as mild and subsequently initiated an early vegetation period with an early bloom.

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Weingut Jurtschitsch Sonnhof
– a brilliant Year 2006

“A name guarantees quality….only a few wineries achieve to produce on a broad base top quality….” writes the Austrian Guide Gault Millau 2007. Brothers Edwin, Karl and Paul Jurtschitsch secured yet again in 2006 their place in the top league of quality wine makers.

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GrüVe® 2006
The Fabulous Unveiling of GrüVe® Nr. 20

On December 15th, 2006, more than 200 guests from the worlds of gastronomy, trade, art, culture and economy came together at the Kunstforum der Bank Austria Creditanstalt in Vienna to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Jurtschitsch Sonnhof winery´s inimitable “GrüVe”.

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The Anniversary GrüVe 2006

A 20-Year-Old Success Story
Twenty years ago, the Jurtschitsch family in the town of Langenlois (situated in the Kamptal wine growing area, in the state of Lower Austria) gave a name to their lightest, sprite and tangy Grüner Veltliner. They called it “GrüVe”.

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Jurtschitsch wine estate makes two times gold in Tokyo
and is awarded best Austrian wine

„The typically Austrian spicy and fresh white wine style and above all the Grüne Veltliner at present succeeds on many markets,” says Karl Jurtschitsch with pleasure."

Gault-Millau 2006
The highest overall total in the Kamptal

The Austrian Gault Millau Guide 2006 awarded the Jurtschitsch estate 17 points (white wines), 17 points (sweet wines) and 16 points (red wines) – a rather rare result for an overall high achievement in all three categories.

Glittering Results 2005

Last year the Jurtschitsch estate was awarded many medals and received high valuation again. Praise for the clear, fruitful and complex wine came from all over the world!

The family estate Jurtschitsch presents its 19th GrüVe® - in Linz.

"Grüve - Smile" - that's how Christian Ludwig Attersee subtitled his painting to be seen on this year's GrüVe®. The artist`s personal interpretation of the GrüVe® 2005 displays light but still warm shades of yellow representing its fruitiness. It seems as if the lighthearted wine wants to leap from its goblet and allows the epicure a cheerfully placid moment of hedonism.

It is one of the finest Austrian wines I have tasted...
Malcolm Anderson in "The Gazette", Canada, May 2005

The Jurtschitsch Schenkenbichl Grüner Veltliner 2001 is a wine I've tasted and written about in a previous vintage. It is one of the finest Austrian wines I have tasted.

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The Innovative Glas Stopper
Glas substituting cork

After very careful research and numerous comparing tastings we have decided to stopper our Grüner Veltliner Steinhaus with the innovative glass stopper "Vinolok" this year. Thus we can offer you an exceedingly satisfactory alternative to the natural cork stopper. A thin sealing ring around the glass stopper helps the stopper to joint a perfectly matching cut in the bottleneck, so that the wine only gets in contact with the synthetic material on a very slight surface area.

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The GrueVe is grown-up!
Superb presentation of this 18 years old Jurtschitsch classic

On December 15th Weingut Jurtschitsch Sonnhof and Ernst Hilger invited to the famous Viennese Hilger gallery. Here, GrueVe® 2004 was uncorked for the first time. Like every year a new art-work by Christian Ludwig Attersee, the renowned austrian painter, adorns the young and fresh Jurtschitsch wine.

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Grüner Veltliner assures international Success!
Gold in Japan and England for Jurtschitsch wines

Rich and complex white wines from Austria have been continuously conquering the world for many years. "Above all spicy and elegant wines like Grüner Veltliner have been trendsetters and its full-bodied representatives succeed at international competitions" confirm the top winegrowers Edwin, Paul and Karl Jurtschitsch from Langenlois/Kamptal.

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Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein Reserve 2002
Simon Woods, "Wine International", September 2004:

"So the Wachau is Austria's finest white wine region? They beg to differ at the Jurtschitsch winery in Sonnhof, where the same family has been in charge since the mid 19th century and parts of the cellar are more than 700 years old. ..."

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Sauvignons from Austria are among the top of the world
Jurtschitsch wine estate with best Sauvignon Blanc

Just as exceptional as the setting of the Residence Heinz Winkler in Aschau in Bavaria was the tasting to which August F. Winkler invited an internationally experienced panel of experts. 75 top wines of the Sauvignon Blanc grape from all over the world were on the agenda. The result is impressive: Eight out of the ten best wines are from Austria with the Sauvignon Blanc 2000 from the vineyard site Fahnberg of the Jurtschitsch family-estate in Langenlois (Kamp Valley) on the winner’s podium.

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France: Two gold medals for the Heiligenstein

Almost 450 Rieslings from all over the world (from South-Africa to Switzerland and from the Czech Republic to Canada) were entered for the wine competition „Riesling of the World“ in Strassbourg and tasted by a jury of 250 international experts. The only gold-awarded Austrian wines are the Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein Auslese 2000 and the Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein Trockenbeerenauslese 2000 from the Jurtschitsch winery.

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Riesling Alte Reben 2001 judged to be the best dry white wine
of the Old World at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter

The English wine magazine "Decanter" presents "100 top wines to see off winter" in its March edition. Master of Wine Beverley Blanning judges the Riesling Alte Reben 2001 from the Jurtischitsch winery to be the "best dry white wine of the Old World" at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter: 'Vibrant orange, floral Riesling aromas. Richly fruity palate with orange, lemon and lime acidity. Very fine fruit and concentrated flavour from 45-year-old vines.' Our Riesling is in good company: Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron 2000 was nominated as best red wine and Champagne Louis Roederer Brut vintage 1996 as best sparkling wine.

Art, pleasure & the GrueVe cube...

In accordance with the design of the new GrueVe case, we have now created a new back label in English and as a special treat the GrueVe cube. This cube in English invites you to play, to think and to enjoy - but first you have to put the parts together yourself...
The cube will be enclosed in each GrueVe case. If you wish further information about it or more cubes, please don’t hesitate to send us an e-mail: weingut@jurtschitsch.com
or call +43/2734/2116

The Zöbinger Heiligenstein at its best

The Riesling Reserve 2002 has arrived!

From a selection of the best Riesling berries we could vinify an extraordinary wine last year, which is now ready for sale. The berries for the „Riesling Reserve 2002“ from the Zöbinger Heiligenstein were selectively picked by hand not until November 2002 - the amazing thing about it: The berries reached their high level of ripeness almost botrytis-free and therefore this Riesling convinces by its gorgeously clear Riesling character, its complex mineral undertones and the firm texture.

Vintage completed with a TBA from the Heiligenstein

We started our vintage full of verve fairly early this season. At the beginning we had to struggle with the rather hot outside temperature. However the temperature kept falling, especially during the nights, which caused the berry skins to grow thicker and the fruits to reach their distinctive flavours, which are highly essential for our Grüner Veltliner and Riesling.

Predictions about the trend 2003 can already be made, judging from the quality of the grapes and the semi-fermented „rough diamants“:

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1936er Riesling-Sekt tasting with rare-wine specialist Jan-Erik Paulson

On 30 July we happily received the rare wine merchant Mr Paulson from Germany.
In this occasion we tasted a great variety of mature Grüner Veltliner and Riesling specialities from the library of the 700 year old cellar. One of the outstanding treasures that were tasted has been the Riesling-Sekt from 1936. The 1936 Riesling-Sekt was produced by Karl, Edwin and Paul's grandfather, following the traditional method “champanoise” and his explorations in the Champagne cellars of Reims and Epernay in France. The great Sekt presented itself in a dark straw yellow shape, amazingly fresh & cremy and demonstrated a vivid Mousseux.

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Jurtschitsch scores all around the world
Honourings in London, New York and Vienna

Gold in London
At this year’s London Wine Fair the English Wine Magazine organized the meanwhile traditional “London Wine Challenge”, to which more than 9400 wines from all over the world were submitted and judged by an international jury. As the only dry Austrian white wine, our Grüner Veltliner Alte Reben 2002 was priced with the rare golden medal!

Grand Cru winner in Vienna
The Austrian gourmet magazine A la Carte lead through the traditional “Grand Cru”-competition. This year the testers tried white wines that have been cultivated in a young woodenbarrel (barrique). Though the main part of the competition was provided by the chardonnays, the Veltliner managed to catch on (like already at the big international Chardonnay-tasting that were shortly held in Vienna, Tokyo and London).
The Grüner Veltliner Spiegel Reserve 2001 was elected as Grand Cru winner with 93 points (out of 100): “… somehow outside of the rivalry but an exemplary barrique white wine…”

Top Rating in New York
The Wine Spectator, the influential American wine magazine, dealt in its issue from April 30th with the best Austrian wines. Our Riesling Zöbinger Heiligenstein 2001 achieved with a score of 90 points the highest Kamptal-rating.

Winzer helfen Winzer!
Die Auswirkungen der Naturkatastrophe haben in verschiedenen Teilen Österreichs
(September 2002)

Mein Hauswein - der 15. Grüve ist da
Der unverkennbare Stil des österreichischen Malers Christian Ludwig Attersee
(Jänner 2002)