Chardonnay Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled veal chops
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the sun-drenched slopes of Gumpoldskirchen in Austria's Thermenregion within Niederösterreich, Weingut Krug has been crafting exceptional wines since 1746. While the region is legendary for its rare local varieties, the warm climate and limestone-heavy soils also provide an ideal terroir for Burgundian grapes. The Chardonnay Reserve is a showcase of this unique microclimate, where warm Pannonian winds ripen the grapes to perfection while cool nights preserve vital acidity. Fermented and matured in French oak barriques, this wine exhibits a rich, creamy texture balanced by a vibrant mineral core, weaving together notes of ripe pear, toasted hazelnuts, and delicate spice.
🍾 About the Producer
Weingut Krug has cultivated vineyards in the historic Lower Austrian village of Gumpoldskirchen since 1746. Located within the Thermenregion—traditionally regarded as the Burgundy of Austria due to its shared latitude and calcareous terroir—the estate oversees approximately 35 hectares of prime vines. Helmed by winemaker Gustav Krug alongside his family, the winery couples centuries-old heritage with modernized cellar facilities constructed amidst the vineyards in 1998. Viticulture focuses on near-natural, sustainable vineyard stewardship across loamy, limestone-rich soils warmed by Pannonian basin airflows. In the cellar, Krug favors meticulous fruit selection and controlled oak maturation. The producer is renowned both for regional benchmark white grapes—most notably indigenous Rotgipfler and Zierfandler—and for its cellar-aged reserves and cuvées such as Die Vollendung, Die Versuchung, and single-vineyard bottlings from Ried Rasslerin. Krug crafts wines distinguished by structural richness, concentrated aromatics, and prolonged aging potential.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14%