Blaufränkisch Rust Ried Plachen

Hardly anyone knows the vineyards of the free city of Rust in Burgenland better than Günter Triebaumer. Together with his wife Regina, he cultivates twenty-four hectares of vineyards – divided into many small parcels – on the west bank of Lake Neusiedl, working in a way that exemplifies nearness to nature. As a result, Triebaumer knows exactly which site is best suited to which breed of vine. If he seems extraordinarily enthusiastic in speaking about Ried Plachen – his only vineyard without limestone soil, where his oldest Blaufränkisch vines are growing – one can well imagine that it is indeed something special.