Weingut Gritsch Mauritiushof ★ 4.3
The Gritsch family has farmed the Mauritiushof estate in Spitz for generations, with plots including sections of the celebrated Tausendeimerberg (Thousand-Bucket Hill).
ClassificationWachau DAC
VarietalsGruner Veltliner, Riesling
NeighbourhoodWeissenkirchen
Location
Address: Weissenkirchen 50, 3610 Weissenkirchen in der Wachau
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Weingut Hugl-Wimmer-Czerny ★ 4.1
A small family estate in Spitz with plots on the steep terraced hillsides above the village. The Hugl-Wimmer-Czerny wines are rarely seen in export markets and are sold almost entirely direct and through local restaurants, making them an authentic local discovery for visitors to the upper Wachau.
Weingut Schmelz ★ 4.1
The Schmelz family farm terraced plots above Joching on the south bank of the Danube and sell most of their wine direct to visitors and through local trade.
Stift Melk Weingut (Monastery Vineyard) ★ 4.2
Stift Melk, the Benedictine monastery perched dramatically above the western gateway of the Wachau, maintains vineyard plots on the steep terraces immediately below the monastery.
Weingut der Augustiner Chorherren Klosterneuburg (Wachau holdings) ★ 4.2
The Augustinian Canons of Klosterneuburg Monastery hold historic vineyard plots in the Wachau and produce wine under the Chorherren label from these sites.
Weingut Lagler ★ 4.4
Karl Lagler's small estate in Joching farms terraced plots with minimal intervention, producing Federspiel and Smaragd wines that locals prize for their purity and site fidelity. Limited production keeps Lagler wines mostly in Austrian circulation.