WINERY ESTERHAZY
Information
- Description
- Esterházy melds more than 250 years of tradition with sustainable innovations to produce cool climate wines that are as expressive as its rich cultural heritage. This historic winery, owned by a family foundation, has been producing varietal and single vineyard wines in the Burgenland appellation of Leithaberg in the east of Austria, since 1758. Their wines were originally made in the cellars beneath the baroque Esterházy Palace in the Burgenland state capital of Eisenstadt, where world-famous composers such as Joseph Haydn formed an integral part of the court. Today it produces single vineyard, village and regional wines from 65-hectares of vineyards spread across six Leithaberg villages: Grosshöflein, Eisenstadt, St. Georgen, Oslip, Rust and St. Margarethen. The entire estate, with its fossil-rich limestone and mica slate soils, is certi-fied organic, compost from the Esterhazy organic farm is applied, and there is no irrigation. The grapes are handpicked in the vineyards – all of which are less than 10km from its state-of-the-art winery in Trausdorf. There, the talented winemaking team has experimented with dif-ferent ageing vessels to find the perfect match for each wine. Oak barrels from Esterhazy’s own forests add structure and complexity to the single vineyard native Blaufränkisch and Chardonnay wines while the other wines are matured in wood, stainless steel and vessels made from clay and granite. Since 2023, the winery has also used three of the world’s largest concrete eggs holding 3,800-litres each, partly made from basalt mined nearby in Esterhazy’s Pauliberg quarry.
- Wine-growing region
- Burgenland
- Country
- Austria
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Production mode
- Year of certification
- 2023
- Quality process
- None
- Packaging
- Glass bottle
- Type of product
- Sparkling wineStill wine
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Distribution network
- Type of current customer(s)
- Cafe / Hotel / RestaurantWine merchantRetailerImporterDirect sales
- Current countries
- GermanyAustriaCanadaChinaDenmarkFinlandHungaryJapanNorwayThe NetherlandsPolandUnited KingdomSingaporeSlovakiaSwissUNITED STATES
- Type of target customer(s)
- HORECAWine merchantImporterSommelier
- Target countries
- ArgentinaAustraliaAzerbaijanBelgiumBrazilBulgariaCanadaChileChinaCyprusCroatiaSpainEstoniaFinlandFranceGreeceHong KongIndiaIcelandIsraelItalyKazakhstanKenyaLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaMexicoNigeriaUzbekistanThe NetherlandsPortugalQatarRomaniaCzech RepublicSerbiaSingaporeSloveniaSuedeUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesEcuadorUNITED STATES
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Main contact
- First name
- Nina
- Last name
- WEST
- Fonction
- Sales
