Vorspannhof Mayr

  • Kremstal, Austria
Vorspannhof Mayr

"Located in Dross at the northeastern edge of the Kremstal and just west of the Kamptal, the Vorspannhof has long enjoyed a fine reputation, but I had not visited there since 2006, the year in which proprietor/winemaker Silke Mayr began a collaboration with Walter Buchegger, whose family holdings are in Gedersdorf east of Krems.... Buchegger is currently taking the leading role in both vineyards and cellars, freeing Mayr to spend more time raising their young children. The soils here are divided among loess, conglomerate and gravel, and some of what gets referred to as “brown earth, in other words,” explains Buchegger, “where traditionally there was grain growing, not vines.”

—David Schildknecht, Vinous, November 2015.

Image Producer PRODUCT Description Country / Region

DB5108-22
Sustainable
Vorspannhof Mayr Grüner Veltliner
2022
Grüner Veltliner
100% Grüner Veltliner, grown in loess soils. Just over half of the grapes for this wine come from Silke's family's vineyards; the rest are...
Austria

DB5550-19
Sustainable
Vorspannhof Mayr Zweigelt 1L
2019
Zweigelt
This is bottled and made in the shared Buchegger-Mayr winery. 100% Zweigelt, grown in loess soils. The fruit is fermented on the skins and...
Austria