Ried Rasslerin
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
wiener schnitzel, roasted pork belly, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic wine-growing town of Gumpoldskirchen in Austria's Thermenregion, Weingut Krug's Ried Rasslerin is a stunning showcase of the rare, indigenous Rotgipfler grape. The Rasslerin vineyard is a prized south-facing site characterized by warm Pannonian winds and deep, calcareous soils rich in shell limestone. This unique terroir allows the late-ripening Rotgipfler to achieve optimal phenolic ripeness, yielding a wine of remarkable depth, texture, and complexity. Traditionally fermented and aged in large wooden casks, this white wine beautifully balances opulent tropical fruit notes with a fine, mineral-driven acidity, embodying the rich winemaking heritage of Lower Austria.
🍾 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
Rotgipfler
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14.5%