Variety: St. Laurent

Meinklang has taken the wine world by storm in the last few years due to the family's passion for making diverse products from the estate. Farming is at the core, with full bio-dynamic practices in place. The family has a full herd of Angus and Aubrac cattle, plus sheep. The farm believes in a full circle of life within the vineyards and farmland. The family has even achieved Demeter certification, one of the most difficult biodynamic certifications. The estate is located in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of National Park Neusiedlersee in Austria, just on the border of Hungary. The insane number of different wine labels produced shows the passion for creating wine with character and personality, with over 20 labels in production.

“Morgen” means morning as seen by the sunrise on the label, one of four bottles from Meinklang’s line of Daytime Wines. The juice is 2019 St. Laurent fermented in whole clusters, then aged for one year in concrete. The curve ball is the 2020 Traminer juice added to restart the fermentation, which does make this a natural sparkling, and most definitely a pet-nat. It is complex and fruity, though minerally and yeasty.