In just a few years, Markus Huber has successfully established his winery as a showcase enterprise in Austria as a wine producing country. His distinctive, top-quality wines, grown on outstanding soils of lime and conglomerate, serve as an example of the very best of the Traisental Valley – full of character, clear in style and site-related minerality. The family’s highest priority is to work without compromise in the vineyards and in the cellar for premium quality. The vineyards are cultivated according to organic guidelines and the entire winery is certified according to the “Sustainable Austria” criteria.
The Huber family has farmed in Reichersdorf for the past nine generations. The big change came in 2000, when Markus Huber took over and expanded holdings from four hectares of vines to 60 hectares now. Huber, the tenth generation, enrolled in business studies as well as the viticultural school in Klosterneuburg, then trained in Stellenbosch and Swartland in South Africa, Tokaji in Hungary and Alsace in France, as well as with key Austrian estates Bründlmayer and Jurtschitsch. Plantings are comprised of 70% Grüner Veltliner and 20% Riesling, while Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Muskateller make up the remaining 10%. These are spread across 150 different parcels in five villages. As of the 2019 vintage, the estate has been certified organic, also employing biodynamic methods. A solar energy park serves not only the winery but around 700 local households, and the estate is thus carbon-positive.
Anne Krebiehl MW, November 2023