For Gerhard Pimpel, being a winemaker entails appreciating, observing and cherishing nature, along with a sense for the vines and grapes. He has an intuition for a natural product, from the grape's growth cycle to the final product, the wine. Pimpel creates dense yet elegant wines with harmony and finesse. One gets the impression here that he knows every single vine personally. With the Rosenberg, Schüttenberg and Bärnreiser sites, Gerhard Pimpel's vineyards are among the best in the entire winegrowing region.
Gerhard Pimpel is a calm winemaker who pursues his path - focused and committed, accompanying the work of nature. "You have to pay attention to the interaction between the soil, the variety and the rootstock," he says. Drawing on this experience, he is able to produce autochthonous, terroir-based wines. With "Optime", Latin for "the best", soil, climate, grapes, and wood blend optimally - hence: Ergo bibamus Optime.
The Carnuntum winegrowing region of Lower Austria stretches to the east of Vienna and south of the Danube. Rich loess and barren limestone soils, as well as the continental Pannonian microclimate with the cool influences of the Danube, offer ideal conditions for appealing red wines that combine fruit and elegance. The wines are modern in style but unique and true to their origins.
