COLOUR
White
TYPE
Still
VINTAGE
2025
GRAPE
Grüner Veltliner
PRODUCER
Weingut Josef Jamek
REGION
Niederösterreich
CHARACTERISTICS
Body
Medium - Light
Sweetness
Dry
Acidity
Medium - High
Finish
Medium - Long
Intensity
Mid - Pronounced
AROMAS & FLAVOURS
ABOUT THIS WINE
Weingut Josef Jamek is one of Austria's most historic and prestigious estates, located in Joching within the picturesque Wachau valley. Founder Josef Jamek, often revered as the 'Doyen of Wachau viticulture,' played a monumental role in the 1950s and 1960s by pioneering dry, single-varietal, non-chaptalized white wines. This style challenged the sweet-wine trends of the era and helped shape the strict Vinea Wachau quality codex. Today, the estate is managed by the fourth generation of the family, Dr. Herwig and Dr. Julia Jamek, alongside winemaker Volker Mader. The 'Stein am Rain' site features unique transition soils where steep, stony primary rock gneiss meets loamy, clay-rich valley floor soils near the Danube, yielding a remarkably playful and juicy expression of Grüner Veltliner.
ALCOHOL
12.5%
AVG. PRICE
€19
STYLE
Classic
VEGAN
YES
SULPHITES
When to drink
Now or Later
Ideal temperature
8-11°C
INTERESTING FACTS
Fact 01
Founder Josef Jamek is widely revered as the 'Doyen of Wachau viticulture' for pioneering dry, non-chaptalized Austrian white wines.
Fact 02
The grapes are grown on steep terraces supported by hand-maintained stone walls that are over 500 years old.
Fact 03
The 'Stein am Rain' vineyard features a unique transition soil of loess-loam over primary rock gneiss, giving a juicier fruit profile.
FOOD PAIRING
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WINE MAKING PROCESS
The grapes for this Federspiel are strictly hand-harvested from sustainably certified steep terraced vineyards. In the cellar, the fruit undergoes a brief period of skin contact to extract phenolic structure and complexity. Fermentation takes place slowly under strict temperature-controlled conditions in stainless steel tanks. To preserve the precise fruit purity, mineral focus, and varietal typicity of Grüner Veltliner, the wine is aged entirely in stainless steel with no oak contact. It is matured on its fine lees for approximately five months before bottling, adding subtle texture and depth to the final wine.
