Gut Oggau

Gut Oggau Eugenie 2024

Name: Gut Oggau Eugenie 2024
Brand: Gut Oggau
SKU: gutoggau-eugenie
Price: 80.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$80.00

Style: Dry, light to medium-bodied orange wine; textured with subtle grip and effervescent character
Grapes & Terroir: PIWI field blend (disease-resistant Austrian hybrid varieties including Grüner Veltliner and Welschriesling crosses); young vines planted 2018; high-density planting; biodynamic viticulture worked by horse
Winemaking: Hand-harvested; 3-day skin maceration; fermentation in open barrels; 10 months aging in large neutral barrels; unfined, unfiltered, zero sulfur added
Serving Temperature & Decanting: Serve at 50-55°F; no decanting required
Pairing: Creamy blue cheese
Similar To: Georgian amber wine or textured Friulian orange wine for those seeking skin-contact whites with character and grip

Tasting notes

Hazy golden-orange hue. The nose offers green mango, citrus zest, ripe peach, and thyme with subtle herbaceous undertones. On the palate, a light effervescence lifts flavors of green apple and citrus, with gentle grip from the skin contact and a refreshing, mineral-driven finish.

Food pairings

Creamy blue cheese, charcuterie board, oily fish, roasted white meats, fried foods, soft-ripened cheeses, seafood risotto

Product description

Gut Oggau Eugenie marks the debut vintage from Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe's experimental PIWI vineyard in Burgenland, Austria. This field blend combines disease-resistant hybrid grape varieties of Austrian origin, planted in high density in 2018 on a plot worked exclusively by horses and hands. The grapes are hand-harvested, then undergo a 3-day skin maceration before fermentation in open barrels. Gut Oggau Eugenie 2022 ages for 10 months in large neutral barrels. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, with no sulfur added. Only 414 bottles produced in this inaugural vintage. 12% ABV.

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, White
Wine Style:, Light Body
Grapes:, White Blend
Farming:, Biodynamic
Vintage:, 2024
Alcohol:, 12%
Country:, Austria
Region:, Burgenland
Appellation:, NA
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Low Sugar, Zero Added Sugar

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Gut Oggau Eugenie 2024

$80.00

Producer profile

Gut Oggau

Eduard Tscheppe and Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck established Gut Oggau in 2007, reviving a 17th-century winery that had been abandoned for two decades in the village of Oggau overlooking Lake Neusiedl. Eduard brought winemaking experience from his father's operation in Styria; Stephanie's family owned Taubenkobel, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Burgenland. The estate's prolonged neglect proved beneficial—chemical residues had cleared from the soils, enabling immediate conversion to biodynamic practices. Today, Gut Oggau maintains full Demeter certification.

Eugenie represents the newest and most forward-looking member of Gut Oggau's fictional family. Unlike the estate's other wines made from traditional Vitis vinifera varieties, Eugenie comes from a dedicated PIWI vineyard that Eduard personally conceptualized and planted in 2018. This approximately two-hectare plot, containing around 13,000-14,000 vines in high-density planting, is worked entirely by horse to avoid soil compaction. The PIWI varieties—disease-resistant hybrids bred from Austrian parent grapes including Grüner Veltliner and Welschriesling—require no chemical treatments, representing what Eduard and Stephanie call their "wine garden Eden."

The 2022 vintage yielded only 414 bottles, making Eugenie among the rarest wines in the Gut Oggau portfolio. The estate describes Eugenie's character as pointing toward the future while honoring the past: "Her home is the future, her ancient soul honest, her wisdom astral and inspiring." Eduard has stated that Gut Oggau will plant exclusively PIWI varieties going forward, viewing these hybrids as essential for climate-resilient viticulture. Annual production across all Gut Oggau wines averages 40,000 bottles.

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Wine region

Burgenland, Austria

Burgenland stretches along Austria's eastern border with Hungary, its landscape shaped by the Pannonian Plain and the shallow waters of Lake Neusiedl. Encompassing approximately 32,200 acres of vineyards, this is Austria's second-largest wine region and its warmest—conditions that favor both red wine production and the development of botrytized dessert wines for which the area is celebrated.

The village of Oggau occupies the lake's western shore within the Neusiedlersee zone. Soils here vary from gravel deposits near the water to limestone and slate on higher ground, providing diverse terroir expressions across the estate's holdings. The Pannonian climate delivers warm continental conditions: hot air from Hungary meets cooler Alpine breezes from the west, extending the growing season while enabling grapes to retain natural acidity.

Burgenland comprises four DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus) zones: Neusiedlersee surrounds the lake; Leithaberg in the north showcases mineral-driven whites and reds; Mittelburgenland centers on Blaufränkisch, Austria's signature red variety; Eisenberg in the southeast produces structured, iron-inflected reds.

As climate change impacts viticulture across Europe, forward-thinking Austrian producers have begun experimenting with PIWI (Pilzwiderstandsfähige) varieties—disease-resistant hybrids bred to require minimal or no chemical treatments. These grapes, developed from crosses involving traditional Austrian varieties like Grüner Veltliner and Welschriesling, represent a potential future for sustainable winegrowing in regions facing increasingly challenging conditions. Burgenland's natural wine community has embraced this experimentation, with estates like Gut Oggau leading the way in demonstrating that PIWI wines can deliver both quality and environmental resilience.

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