Laimburg

The "Landesweingut Laimburg" is located in the municipality of Pfatten at the foot of the Mitterberg mountain 17 km south of Bolzano in the Unterland region not far from Lake Kaltern in the Italian wine-growing region of South Tyrol ( Trentino-South Tyrol region). The landmark and patron saint of the vineyard is the 13th-century castle ruins of Laimburg. The director and oenologist is Klaus Platter, with Urban Piccolruaz as cellar master. As part of the "Land- und Forstwirtschaftlichen Versuchszentrum Laimburg" (Laimburg Agricultural and Forestry Research Centre), the Landesweingut has been committed to South Tyrolean viticulture since 1975 and focuses on combining research and practice according to entrepreneurial criteria. Thus, part of the research in the area of "cellar management" is used for viticultural pilot projects and innovative developments. Since the construction of the "Felsenkeller" in 1989/90, the special enterprise of the Province of South Tyrol has also fulfilled a representative function. The vineyards of the Provincial Wine Estate cover 40 hectares of vineyards in all wine-growing areas of South Tyrol on estates with a wide variety of soils and locations between 200 and 750 metres above sea level. The white wine varieties Müller-Thurgau, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Goldmuskateller and Gewürztraminer are cultivated, as well as the red wine varieties Pinot Noir, Lagrein, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malvasia and Rose Muscat.