Gut Oggau Theodora 2022
Gut Oggau · Gut Oggau
Gut Oggau's Theodora is a quietly radical wine — biodynamic farming, native yeasts, minimal sulfur — yet it never shouts. It embodies the theme of circles within craft: each vintage returns to the same ancestral vineyards and the same patient philosophy, producing something familiar yet wholly alive. An approachable entry point into one of Austria's most thoughtful natural wine estates.
Nose
An inviting bouquet of white peach, chamomile, and crushed limestone opens gently. Beneath these primary notes sit whispers of beeswax, dried herbs, and a savory yeast-bread quality that hints at the wine's natural fermentation origins.
Palate
The palate is textured and lively, offering ripe golden apple and honeyed citrus alongside a saline, almost chalky minerality. There is a subtle creaminess from skin contact balanced by bright acidity, with flavors of toasted almond and melon rind weaving through the mid-palate.
Finish
Medium-length and refreshingly dry, closing on notes of bitter almond, wet stone, and a lingering honeyed warmth that invites the next sip.
- Varietal
- Grüner Veltliner, Welschriesling (blend)
- Blend
- Grüner Veltliner and Welschriesling from biodynamically farmed vineyards around Oggau
- Vineyards
- Estate vineyards in Oggau on the western shore of Neusiedlersee, Burgenland; limestone and gravel soils
- Alcohol
- 11.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
- Skin Contact
- No
Food Pairing
Whole roasted cauliflower drizzled with nutty brown butter, scattered with toasted hazelnuts and a squeeze of lemon. The wine's honeyed texture and almond undertones mirror the butter and nuts, while its acidity cuts through the caramelized edges of the vegetable.
Named after a member of the fictional Oggau family that personifies each cuvée, Theodora represents the estate's gentle matriarch — a wine of warmth, wisdom, and cyclical return to the land that Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck farm biodynamically on the western shore of Lake Neusiedl.
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