The Dockner family from Höbenbach in the southern Kremstal is very satisfied with the current vintage. They have enjoyed numerous successes in recent years. They now market wines from a good 100 hectares of their own land and 100 hectares of contracted land. Grüner Veltliner is the farm's main variety, but the Dockners are also excellent at Riesling. The wines from these two varieties are divided into regional wines, local wines and vineyard wines. The fact that father Sepp, who is responsible for the vineyards and marketing, and his son Josef, cellar master of the estate, can also offer excellent red wines is not entirely new - and this in a region where red wines are not necessarily among the flagship wines. With the Cuveé "Sacra" in particular, the two have been able to show once again that top red wines are also possible in the Kremstal.
Another project of the dedicated family is the production of their own hand-fermented sparkling wine, which is produced using traditional bottle fermentation. To this end, several old cellars in the cellar alley in Kremser Frauengrund were restored and converted into a new sparkling wine factory, which opened in 2014. Clear wines from all three quality levels of the Austrian sparkling wine pyramid are offered: Classic, Reserve and Grand Reserve. In 2017, the new JOE cellar was opened in Höbenbach, a new production facility that is one of the most modern cellars in Austria.
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