Stift Klosterneuburg, Ried Stiftsbreite St. Laurent Ausstich is a deep ruby red colour which has star anise and gingerbread spice on the nose alongside red fruits dominated by a delicious cherry flavour typical of this extremely elegant variety.  It is a red wine showcasing full flavour, perfect balance and velvety texture which leaves one waxing lyrical about its class, charm and style.

If you could pair Stift Klosterneuburg, Ried Stiftsbreite St. Laurent Ausstich with a season it would be Autumn.  On the dining table try it with game, duck, chicken and your Sunday Roast Beef.  While it is drinking beautifully now, this wine will age gracefully for 7 years or more.

About the Producer

A lot has changed at the Stift Klosterneuburg winery since they were founded in 1114, but the essentials have remained the same:

1. Working harmony with nature
2. Respectful treatment of people and the environment
3. An openness to new ideas and...
4. Striving to create unique wines!

Stift Klosterneuburg - "Careful use of our resources has always shaped our way of doing business. Now we have gone one step further: all processes in the entire winery have been analyzed and optimized with regard to their impact on the climate. Now we have been certified as climate-neutral by the climate protection pioneer "ClimatePartner" as the first winery in Austria."

Visit the Stift Klosterneuburg Website for further details.

Vineyard and Winery

St. Laurent is a relative of Pinot Noir which helps to explain the elegance of the wines made from this variety.  It was originally brought to Austria from France by Stift Klosterneuburg in the 19th century.  Today it is considered to be an indigenous Austrian grape variety and is grown for this wine on 40 hectares in the single-vineyard Stiftsbreite in Tattendorf which is the largest St. Laurent vineyard in the world.  The St. Laurent Ausstich is a selection of the best big oak casks of each vintage.

What makes this single-vineyard wine stand out is the particular choice of hand-picked grapes. The wine is made from grapes grown in individual vineyards with a long tradition, and the Stift Klosterneuburg Wine Estate has been cultivating some of the individual sites for centuries. A highly selective and targeted harvest ensures the ripest of grapes, while the process of ageing the wines – done partly in small wooden casks – guarantees that they can be stored for several years while maintaining their high quality.

The Stiftsbreite, single vineyard is located in Tattendorf, Thermenregion, Lower Austria with these St. Laurent grapes grown on alluvial gravel soil with brown earth at an Elevation of 220 meters. Harvest was done in September and the grapes soaked up colour and tannin from the skins for 3 weeks during the fermentation.  Post fermentation was 18 months in large wooden casks before bottling.