ClassificationNeusiedlersee DAC
VarietalsWelschriesling, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, Scheurebe, Muskat Ottonel, Grüner Veltliner
Hectares35 ha
OwnerGerhard Kracher
WinemakerGerhard Kracher
TastingBy appointment through the estate shop office in Illmitz.
NeighbourhoodIllmitz

Tip: The numbered Trockenbeerenauslese cuvées reward a decade or more of bottle age.

Location

Address: Apetlonerstraße 37, A-7142 Illmitz, Austria, Burgenland

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