Riesling 1000-EIMERBERG
1000 Eimerberg
The cult site 1000-Eimerberg, which is also considered the landmark of Spitz, has a slope of up to 50%. You almost have to be a mountain climber to work here. A wine from the 1000-Eimer-Berg is true craftsmanship. The old Riesling vines of our 1000-Eimerberg produce wines with bright fruit and crisp acidity, are racy and tight. A typical characteristic of our Rieslings are the hints of citrus fruit, a straightforward and delicate character and the slate-like minerality. The riper the vintage, the more exotic aromas such as passion fruit and pineapple are formed.
Town: Spitz
First mentioned in year: 1964
Terraced vineyard
Aspect: S-SO
Slope gradient: up to 84%
Altitude: 214-309m
Soil profile
The Tausendeimerberg, which rises directly from the Danube, is composed of the metamorphic rocks paragneiss and marble on its front. Marbles, like gneisses, are metamorphic rocks that formed in the Wachau during the variscan mountain building. The source materials are limestones. If these had a higher clay content, they became silicate marbles with a high content of mica.
The profile from the Tausendeimerberg shows a marble rendzina. The fine soil above the parent rock is by far the richest in humus of all Wachau vineyard soils and forms an essential water and nutrient reservoir for the very dry site.
The stratified silicate marble has a calcite concentration of 80 %, clear evidence of limestone as the starting product of the rock metamorphosis to silicate marble during the variscan mountain building.
The profile from the Tausendeimerberg shows a marble rendzina. The fine soil above the parent rock is by far the richest in humus of all Wachau vineyard soils and forms an essential water and nutrient reservoir for the very dry site.
The stratified silicate marble has a calcite concentration of 80 %, clear evidence of limestone as the starting product of the rock metamorphosis to silicate marble during the variscan mountain building.
