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Weingut Herbet Zillinger
Wines
Summary
Weingut Herbert & Carmen Zillinger is a biodynamic estate winery in Ebenthal in the southern part of the Weinviertel region of Austria, 44 miles (70 km) northeast of Vienna. Herbert Zillinger took over here in 1998 at the age of 18, becoming the 3rd generation to practice viticulture on his family's estate. His father and grandfather practiced mixed agriculture - mainly grain crops - and just a small amount of wine. There were 7ha of vines. In 2005, Herbert's wife Carmen, also a winemaker, joined the company. Herbert says "the Weinviertel has not always had it easy". As the largest winemaking region of Austria, it was named as the first Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC) in 2003. Herbert and Carmen decided, for a number of reasons, to bottle their wines without the Weinviertel DAC designation of origin. In 2008 they went organic and later biodynamic. Improving the soil is one of Herbert’s key aims due to climate change and drier conditions.
2015 was the first vintage with full organic certification. 2017 was the first vintage with full biodynamic certification by RESPEKT-BIODYN.
