For Gerhard Pimpel, being a winegrower means loving nature, appreciating, observing and caring for the vines and grapes and having a feel for the soul of the wine. He understands the art of accompanying a natural product grown on living soil from the grape to the wine. Pimpel creates dense yet elegant wines with harmony and finesse. You get the impression 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 wine-growing region.
Gerhard Pimpel is a quiet winegrower who goes his own way - straightforward and determined, he accompanies the work of nature. "You have to pay attention to the interplay between soil, variety and rootstock," he says. This experience enables him to press autochthonous, terroir-based wines. With "Optime", Latin for "our best", the soil, climate, grapes and wood come together perfectly - and so the motto is: Ergo bibamus Optime.
The Carnuntum wine-growing area is the region of Lower Austria that stretches east of Vienna and south of the Danube. Strong loess and sparse limestone soils as well as the continental-Pannonian microclimate with the cool influences of the Danube offer ideal conditions for attractive red wines that combine fruit and elegance. The wines are modern in style, but independent and always committed to their origin.
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