Hannes Sabathi is passionate about the soil, because it gives the wine its unmistakable character. "This fascinates me, and for me this is where the truth lies in the wine," says the winemaker. Or in other words, "great soil, great wine", as Sabathi likes to put it in a nutshell. His wines always show clarity and depth, precise soil characteristics and the uniqueness of the vintage. You can tell that this is a winemaker who not only knows his craft brilliantly, but can also take a step back. Sabathi creates his wines with a keen sense for the interplay of soil, grape variety and weather, which varies from year to year: "I don't see myself as a winemaker, because I don't make wines. The soil and the vintage make the wine," he explains his approach as a winemaker.
Anyone who, like Hannes Sabathi, works according to the principle of "less is more" needs a lot of experience and trust in nature - and above all, patience. It has always been his dream to vinify wines from different soils, as each site has a very specific geological and mineral history that needs to be understood. Sabathi wants to let this character live on in the wines. To achieve this, he intervenes as little as possible and lets nature take its course. Whether it is wines with the elegance of Kranachberg, the dense minerality of Jägerberg, the deep substance of Ried Loren or the cool spiciness of Kehlberg, what they all have in common, year after year, is their clear site characteristics. Only a soil expert like Hannes Sabathi can do that.
