Meinklang

Meinklang Tag Edition #2 Grüner Veltliner NV

Name: Meinklang Tag Edition #2 Grüner Veltliner NV
Brand: Meinklang
SKU: MEINTAG18C
Price: 50.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$50.00

Style: Dry, light-bodied orange wine; bright and textured with lively acidity and a gentle tannic grip
Grapes & Terroir: 100% Grüner Veltliner; sandy loam and clay soils in the Neusiedlersee sub-region of Burgenland; Demeter-certified biodynamic farming
Winemaking: Full carbonic maceration for approximately two weeks; spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts; aged over 9 months in a 900-liter handmade concrete egg; unfined, unfiltered, zero added sulfites (12 mg/L total)
Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 50-54°F; no decanting needed
Pairing: Grilled daurade with herbs
Similar to: Lighter Friulano orange, entry-level Ramato

Meinklang Tag Edition #2 NV is a skin-contact orange wine made from 100% Grüner Veltliner, grown on sandy loam soils in the Neusiedlersee area of Burgenland, Austria. Hand-harvested from mature vines on the Michlits family's Demeter-certified biodynamic estate, the grapes undergo full carbonic maceration for approximately two weeks, followed by spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and over nine months of aging in a 900-liter handmade concrete egg. Meinklang Tag Edition #2 NV is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfites. The wine is part of a four-edition series, each edition evoking a different time of day. Alcohol: 10.5%.

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Meinklang Tag Edition #2 Grüner Veltliner NV

$50.00

Producer profile

Meinklang

Meinklang is a Demeter-certified biodynamic estate run by the Michlits family in Pamhagen, in the Neusiedlersee area of Burgenland, situated within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of National Park Neusiedlersee. The name is a combination of the German words for "my" and "sound" — a phrase that reflects the family's intention to work in rhythm with the natural world rather than impose on it. The estate began as an organic farm in the late 1980s and has since grown into one of Europe's largest biodynamic operations, spanning approximately 2,500 hectares across the Austrian-Hungarian border.

Three brothers manage distinct areas of the farm: Werner handles the vineyards and cellar alongside his wife Angela, Hannes oversees the cultivation of ancient grain varieties, and Lukas manages the livestock. Their parents, Anneliese and Werner Senior, made the original shift to organic farming and later achieved Demeter certification in 2003. When the Hungarian border opened following the fall of communism in 1989, the family expanded across it, developing a fully integrated agricultural ecosystem on both sides.

At the center of Meinklang's philosophy is the closed-loop farm. A herd of more than 300 Angus and Aubrac cattle, whose image appears on every wine label, provides composted manure that replaces synthetic fertilizer across the vineyards. Sheep, pigs, and chickens add further layers of biodiversity, while ancient grains such as Einkorn, Emmer, and Spelt are cultivated alongside the vines. The family also produces a Demeter-certified heritage beer from those grains and has founded a Waldorf school in the region.

The Tag and Nacht series represent Meinklang's most focused experimental work, using single varieties from specific plots and fermentation vessels to explore the full range of what their estate can produce. All wines are vinified with spontaneous native-yeast fermentation, no chaptalization, no reverse osmosis, and bottled without fining or filtration.

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Wine region

Burgenland, Austria

Burgenland is Austria's easternmost province, running along the Hungarian border from the Danube basin in the north to the Styrian foothills in the south. It is the country's warmest wine region, governed by the Pannonian climate: hot, dry summers with long sunshine hours, mild autumns, and cold winters. That warmth drives consistent grape ripeness, while cooler nights help preserve natural acidity.

The region's most defining geographic feature is Lake Neusiedl, a shallow steppe lake roughly 22 miles long and no more than 6 ft deep. The lake moderates growing-season temperatures and generates autumn humidity that promotes noble rot development along its western shore, making Burgenland internationally known for botrytized sweet wines such as Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, and the rare Ruster Ausbruch. The area surrounding the lake, known as Neusiedlersee, is also Burgenland's most important zone for dry red and skin-contact wines.

Soils across the region are varied. In Neusiedlersee, sandy loam and clay dominate, draining freely and warming quickly in the sun. Further south in Mittelburgenland, iron-rich clay soils underpin the region's most powerful expressions of Blaufränkisch, while Leithaberg to the west brings limestone and schist into the mix, producing tighter, more mineral whites and reds.

Grüner Veltliner, traditionally associated with Lower Austria, also grows across Burgenland, where the warmer Pannonian climate produces richer, more textured expressions than those found further north. Producers like Meinklang have pushed the variety into skin-contact territory, using carbonic maceration and concrete aging to craft orange wines that bear little resemblance to the crisp, peppery style most associated with the grape.

Burgenland is home to a particularly active natural and biodynamic winemaking community. The dry climate keeps disease pressure low, making organic viticulture practical, and a growing group of producers committed to minimal intervention has earned the region international recognition beyond its historic reputation for sweet wines.

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