K+K Kirnbauer

Producer description of "Weingut K+K Walter und Irmgard Kirnbauer"

The "K+K Kirnbauer" winery is located in the municipality of Deutschkreutz in the wine-growing region of Mittelburgenland (Austria) in the midst of the farm's own vineyards. The family business was taken over by Walter and Irmgard Kirnbauer in 1975. Today it is run by Markus Kirnbauer. The vineyards cover 45 hectares of vineyards, which are widely scattered in the Baumfeld, Fabian, Gartenäcker, Goldberg, Hochbaum (with Zweigeltreben planted in 1960), Hölzl, Hölzläcker, Kart, Mitterberg, Neuberg, Pallischkreuz, Rohrbrunn, Satz, Siglos, Steinriegel, Tschikken and Weiselkreuz vineyards. They are 90% planted with the red wine varieties Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, St. Laurent. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, the rest with the white wine varieties Welschriesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. The quality criteria in the vineyard are a high vine density, short pruning with a low number of eyes per vine, thinning out (green harvesting) for the purpose of yield reduction and intensive foliage care. Environmentally friendly cultivation is carried out according to the certified rules of Nachhaltig Austria, including the renunciation of insecticides and herbicides. Only physiologically ripe and healthy grapes are processed through selective manual harvest ing in several passes of each individual grape.

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