"Wines with sound" - this is the motto of the enthusiastic Ollersdorf winemaker and trumpeter Matthias Reckendorfer, because for him the art of winemaking and music are equally the elixir of life. With his wines, he has set out to conquer a place in the Austrian wine scene and beyond. After graduating from the Klosterneuburg Wine and Fruit Growing School and completing valuable internships at home and abroad, such as in New Zealand and Germany, he took over the up-and-coming winery in the March region near the Slovakian border when he was just 20 years old. In 2021, he came first in Lower Austria in the big Falstaff vote for the most popular young winemaker and took part in the Gerd A. Hoffmann Academy cross-mentoring project in 2022.
The young winemaker specialises in two grape varieties that have a long tradition in the March region: Pinot Blanc and Riesling. They grow to impressive qualities on the calcareous loess and sandstone soils of his Reinthal, Viertel and Vogelsang vineyards. In addition, there is the Maestoso Reserve Brut Blanc de Blancs, a multi-layered Pinot Blanc vintage sparkling wine that is allowed to mature on the lees for over 25 months and is produced by hand using traditional bottle fermentation.
With the 2024 vintage, the dedicated winemaker has achieved one of his major goals: organic certification. Working in and with nature plays a particularly important role for him. For this reason, the stylised soundtrack on the new wine labels is kept in the muted colours of nature, their intensity reflecting the quality pyramid: Regional wine, local wine, Riedenwein and sparkling wine.
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