The Adam-Lieleg winery is located in the heart of southern Styria on the Eichberg and has been run as a family business since 1893. Today, Florian Adam-Lieleg is the fifth generation to run the winery, supported by his parents and grandparents, who work together on the estate. The family pursues the clear goal of producing wines with a precise origin profile - characterized by nature, location and vintage.
Most of the work in the vineyard is done by hand, as the barren steep slopes require a great deal of dedication and experience. The majority of the vines grow on the Eichberg and around Leutschach. The soils here are mainly characterized by calcareous gravel conglomerate and opok, while the proximity to the Alps with a direct view of the Koralpe ensures a particularly cool, alpine climate. Lake heights of up to 600 meters as well as conglomerate and gravel soils give the wines tension and expression. These factors particularly characterize the Eichberg local wine.
The most important single vineyard sites include the Ried Gottscheber monopole vineyard, the Ried Oberer Kranachberg and the Ried Wurzenberg Kapelle. Ried Gottscheber, with its three sub-vineyards Schneiderhansl, Hausweingarten and Kogel am Eichberg, directly surrounds the winery and is one of the most historically significant vineyards on the estate. The name of the vineyard has been documented since 1740. The steep plots are characterized by calcareous gravel conglomerate, tourmaline and quartz and benefit from the cool winds of the Koralpe.
The vineyard wines are produced according to a low-intervention philosophy: as little intervention as possible in the cellar allows the origin and vintage to stand out clearly. This results in complex, radiant wines with depth, structure and great ageing potential.
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