Pöckl winery
The Pöckl winery in Mönchhof is an Austrian winery in the Neusiedlersee wine-growing region in Burgenland .
history
The winery founded by Albert Pöckl in 1910 was managed by Josef Pöckl (born October 13, 1951, † January 19, 2011) from 1979, together with his son René since 2001. Since Josef Pöckl passed away in 2011, René Pöckl has been the sole operations manager.
The winery
The vineyard area is 33 hectares (as of 2012), 99 percent of which are planted with red grape varieties - Zweigelt , Blaufränkisch , Sankt Laurent , Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot and Pinot Noir . The best known wines are the Cuvées Admiral , Rosso e Nero and Reve de Jeunesse . Pöckl's "Mystique", a red wine that is only produced in particularly good years and is referred to by the winery owners as a "research wine " in order to explore possibilities in the vineyard and in vinification , achieves retail prices of over 100 euros.
The winery has won the Falstaff red wine award several times .
literature
- Stuart Pigott , Andreas Durst, Ursula Heinzelmann, Chandra Kurt , Manfred Lüer, Stephan Reinhardt: Wine speaks German . 1st edition. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-502-19000-4 .
- Klaus Egle: The Austrian wine. The big manual . 1st edition. Pichler Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-403-5 .
- Vinaria. Wine Guide 2012/13 . Edition LWmedia, Krems / Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-9502275-5-0 , p. 334 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Family on the winery website.
- ^ Peter Moser: Falstaff. Wine Guide 2008/2009. Austria. South Tyrol . Falstaff, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502147-8-9 , p. 492 f.
- ↑ Mystique on the winery website
- ↑ Awards on the winery website
Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ′ 50 ″ N , 16 ° 56 ′ 25 ″ E